Table

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Keyboard: TABLE or -TABLE for command line version

Alias: TB

Inserts a table in the drawing. In the Insert Table dialog box that displays, you can specify the number and size of rows and columns, the table style, link the table to an external file, etc.

DIALOG BOX OPTIONS

Table Style To assign a table style to the table, choose from the list of table styles that are available in the current drawing. To create or modify a table style, click () to open the Table Styles Manager dialog box.

Insert Options Choose the method of creating a table:

• Start from Empty Table Select to insert an empty table that can be filled in manually later.
• From Data Link Select to insert a table filled with data from an external file, and then select a data link from the list. If necessary, click Open Data Link Manager to open the Data Link Manager dialog box to create or modify data links.
• From Data Extraction Select to insert a table filled with data extracted from entities located in one or more drawings. After you click OK, you are prompted to make selections in the Data Extraction dialog box.

Preview Mark to display a preview of the table. Unmarking this check box can improve performance when working with large tables.

Insertion Behavior Choose one of the following:

• Specify Insertion Point Select to specify the location of the upper-left corner of the table when you insert it. You can specify the insertion point directly in the drawing or enter coordinate values in the command bar. If the table reads from bottom to top (as specified by the table direction in the table style), the insertion point specifies the location of the lower-left corner of the table.
• Specify Window Select to specify a location and size for the table when you insert it. Specify two points of the window directly in the drawing or specify their coordinates in the command bar.

Columns Specify the number of columns. If Specify Window is also selected, the column width is determined automatically by the width of the table.

Column Width Specify the width of the columns. If Specify Window is also selected, the number of columns is determined automatically by the width of the table.

Data Rows Specify the number of data rows. If Specify Window is also selected, the row height is determined automatically by the height of the table.

Row Height Specify the row height in number of lines. If Specify Window is also selected, the number of data rows is determined automatically by the height of the table.

First Row Cell Style Choose the cell style for the first row of the table. The default is Title.

Second Row Cell Style Choose the cell style for the second row of the table. The default is Header.

All Other Rows' Cell Style Choose the cell style for all other rows. The default is Data.

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