Selecting parts of a table
To select a single cell
- Do one of the following:
- Click inside the cell while holding down the Ctrl key.
- Right-click inside the cell and click Select Cell.
To select several adjacent cells
- Do one of the following:
- Click inside the first cell and drag the mouse pointer to the last cell.
- Click inside the first cell and then click inside the last cell while holding down the Shift key.
To select several non-adjacent cells
- Click inside each cell while holding down the Ctrl key.
To select an entire row
- Do one of the following:
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- After clicking the table, on the Layout menu, go to Table, click the triangle under Select, and then click Current Row.
- Click the left border of the row’s first cell. (The mouse pointer should look like
before you click.)
To select an entire column
- Do one of the following:
- After clicking the table, on the Layout menu, go to Table, click the triangle under Select, and then click Current Column.
- Click the top border of the column’s first cell. (The mouse pointer should look like
before you click.)
- Click the column width indicator, just above the column. (The width indicator only appears when the insertion point is inside the table or part of the table is selected.)
To select an entire table
- Do one of the following:
- After clicking the table, on the Layout menu, go to Table, click the triangle under Select, and then click Table.
- Right-click inside the table and click Select Table.
- Click the table width indicator above the table. (The width indicator only appears when the insertion point is inside the table or part of the table is selected.)
To deselect a cell
- Click inside the cell while holding down the Ctrl key.
Selecting parts of a table