Table

 

 

 

 

This command allows you to create a table.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Select the Detailing > Table... command from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Enter the number of lines and the number of columns.

  2. Select the first point of the table or a segment or another table in order to get 2 superposed tables.

  3. If you have picked a point, select the second point.

  4. Validate by clicking .

 

 

  • After validating, the table is in edit mode. Use contextual commands or tooltips to complete the table. The table must then be validated by clicking the blue checkmark.

  • In Table Edit Mode, only the definition of margins is available. Other functions are grayed out. To activate them, click in a cell. When margins are modified, the margins of all cells in the table are also modified.

  • This table can be exported in a csv file or text file.

 

 

You can select several cells by holding down the CTRL key.

 

 

 

Insert Line Above: Allows you to add an additional line on top of the selected cell.

Insert Line Below: Allows you to add an additional line below the selected cell.

Insert Column to the Left: Allows you to add a column to the left of the selected cell.

Insert Column to the Right: Allows you to add a column to the right of the selected cell.

Margins: Allows you to change the values of all margins of all cells.

 

Edit Text Style: Allows you to modify the text style of the table (Font, Height, ...) of the selected cell.

Edit line properties : Allows to modify the text style and the height of the selected line. If a line height is set to "fixed" mode with a value, it is also possible to modify the height by doing a drag and drop of the upper frontier of the line.

Border Type: Allows you to modify the border type of the selected cell by selecting the type, thickness and color of the lines as well as the borders to modify.

Background Color: Allows you to change the background color of the selected cell.

Make modifiable / Scraping: Allows to change the content of a cell manually. Select the cell then this icon.

The modified cells are shown on a yellow background. This color can be customized in drafting options.

Rotate: Allows to rotate (rotation of 90°) the selected cell content.

Merge Cells: Allows you to merge the selected cells. These cells must be dimension-to-dimension.

Divide Cells: Allows you to dive the selected cell into several cells by adding columns.

Insert Setting: Allows you to add the text setting to the cell.

Insert Image: Allows to insert an image in the selected cell.

  • Select the image.

  • Modify the dimensions if necessary. If the dimensions are greater than the size of the cell, they are not taken into account.

  • Select the horizontal and vertical alignment of the image in relation to the cell.

  • Select the resizing, which allows you to either stretch the image or keep its height/width ratio so that it is not distorted.

Align Top: Allows you to align the contents of the cell to the top.

Centered: Allows you to center the contents of the cell.

Align Bottom: Allows you to allow the contents of the cell to the bottom.

 

Delete Line: Allows you to delete a line. This option is available contextually on the grey frame of the table.

Delete Column: Allows you to delete a column. This option is available contextually on the grey frame of the table.

 

Available Options:

 

 

Allows to cut the table if it is too long and split it in several parts positioned side by side or on other pages of the document.

  • None: No split

  • Same page: Splitted parts are added side-by-side in the same page.

  • Multi-pages: Splitted parts are added in other pages of the document.

 

 

  • Hook points:

Allows to specify if the hook points correspond with the top or bottom of the table.

 

  • Heading:

Allows to position the title line on bottom or top of the table.

 

  • Reading direction:

Allows the reading direction of the table to be indicated (from bottom to top or from top to bottom).

 

  • Margin width:

Allows you to define the horizontal margin. This is the distance between the vertical border of the cell and the start or end of the text.

 

  • Margin height:

Allows you to define the vertical margin. This is the distance between the horizontal border of the cell and the start or end of the text.

 

  • Heading / Content:

  • Visible: Allows you to control the visibility of the title line.

These two sub-rubricks allow to define:

  • Style: Select the text style to use here: normal style (default style) or a customized style.

  • Line height: the line height can be "Automatic" (it adapts to the content) or "fixed" with a specified value/

 

 

When the height is fixed, it can also be modified with a drag and drop of the upper separation of this line.

 

 

 

Modifications:

 

To modify a created table, just select it and use the Edit contextual menu.