Selecting tables, columns, rows or cells

You can select a table, column, row, cell or selection of cells. After you select a table or part of a table, you can do the following:

• Move the table

• Change the table’s or cells’ properties

• Resize the table, columns or rows

• Add or remove columns, rows or cells

• Split or merge cells

• Delete the table

To select a table

1. Press Select.

2. Press outside, but near to, a corner of the table, and then drag to the opposite corner.

   Note 

   Don’t start dragging from inside the table. If you do, you select a table cell instead of the table.

To select a column

1. Press Select.

2. Press inside the column’s top cell, and then drag to the bottom cell.

To select a row

1. Press Select.

2. Press inside the row’s leftmost cell, and then drag to the rightmost cell.

To select a cell

1. Press Select.

2. Press inside the cell.

To select multiple cells

1. Press Select.

2. Press inside the top and leftmost cell, and then drag to the bottom and rightmost cell.

   Note 

   If you select multiple cells and drag them to a different position on the page, you create a new table consisting of the selected cells and their contents.