Apple Numbers '09 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Using Tables

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Use the Table inspector to access table-specific controls, such as fields for precisely

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controlling column width and row height. To open the Table inspector, click Inspector
in the toolbar, and then click the Table inspector button.

Add a table name.

Merge or split

selected cells.

Adjust the size of rows
and columns.

Set the style, width, and
color of cell borders.

Add color or an image
to a cell.

Change the behavior

of the Return and

Tab keys.

Add or remove 1-5 header
rows, header columns, and
footer rows.

Use the Cells inspector to format cell values. For example, you can display a currency

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symbol in cells containing monetary values. Cell formats determine how cell values
are displayed, but they never change the underlying cell value used in calculations. For
example, a cell with the actual value of 4.29 might be displayed as 4.3, but calculations
use the value 4.29.
You can also set up conditional formatting. For example, you can make a cell red when
its value exceeds a particular number.
To open the Cells inspector, click Inspector in the toolbar, and click the Cells
inspector button.

The buttons at the top of the
inspector window open the
ten inspectors: Document,
Sheet, Table, Cells, Chart, Text,
Graphic, Metrics, Hyperlink,
and QuickTime.

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