Adding text to tables


    GoLive provides a variety of ways to add text to a table. Besides typing text directly in a table cell, you can copy and paste text from another application, drag text between cells or other containers, and import data from a text-only file.

    When you import data into a table, you need to begin by formatting data in a text-only file in a way that GoLive accepts. For a single-celled table, you should simply format the data in the other application as you'd like it to appear in the table. For a multiple-celled table, you should format the data so that each line represents the contents of a row and contains column separators (tabs, commas, spaces, or semicolons) to separate the data between columns. Most spreadsheet and database applications can export data to a text-only file in one of these column-separated formats.

    TipRather than setting up a column-separated file to import data, you can simply copy the data from cells in another application and paste it into a GoLive table. Rows and columns will be added to the GoLive table as needed.

To copy and paste blocks of text:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In GoLive, select the text that you want to copy, and choose Edit > Copy.
    • Copy a block of text from within another application.
  2. In GoLive, place an insertion point in a table cell, and choose Edit > Paste.

To drag text:

    In GoLive or a different application, select the text you want to copy and then drag it to an empty table cell in GoLive.

To import tab-delimited text into a table:

  1. Select the table on the page.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • In the Table Inspector, click Import, select the text file that contains rows and columns of text separated by tabs, and click Open.
    • Choose Special > Table > Import Tab-Delimited Text.

    GoLive places the text into table cells according to how many tabs (for columns) and paragraphs (for rows) there are in the text.

    TipThis feature is useful for quickly adding data to a table that you have exported from a database or spreadsheet as a tab-delimited text file.

To export text in a table to tab-delimited text:

  1. Select the table.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • In the Table tab of the Table inspector, click Export. Give the file a name and click Save.
    • Choose Special > Table > Export Tab-Delimited Text.