<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">Define the attributes of tables in your text documents.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="Paragraph">Specify here the default settings for columns and rows as well as table mode. Set also the standard values for moving and inserting columns and rows. For further information refer to the <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"/><help:default><help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer Help</help:default></help:switch>, topic <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:link Id="67662">"Adjust Table"</help:link></help:case><help:default>"Adjust table"</help:default></help:switch>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">If you mark this field, the first row of the table is formatted with the "Table heading" Paragraph Style.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">If the table heading is to be carried over onto the new page after a page break, mark this field.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_OPTINSERT_PAGE_CB_DONT_SPLIT" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_OPTTABLE_PAGE_CB_DONT_SPLIT" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Do not split (not in HTML)</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Check this box if you do not want tables to break.</help:help-text> You can also find this option in menu <span class="T1">Format - Table - Text Flow</span>. You can also use the <span class="T1">Ctrl + F12</span> shortcut if the cursor is positioned in the table.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">If this field is marked, numbers in a text table are recognized as numbers.</help:help-text> The numbers are formatted in the number format. With the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Alignment</span> check box you can influence the alignment behavior.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Number recognition</span> check box is not selected, numbers are saved in text format and, like text entries, are automatically left-aligned.</p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_OPTINSERT_PAGE_CB_NUMFMT_FORMATTING"/><help:help-id value="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_OPTTABLE_PAGE_CB_NUMFMT_FORMATTING"/><help:key-word value="number format recognition; tables" tag="kw66254_4"/><help:key-word value="tables; recognizing number formats" tag="kw66254_3"/>Number format recognition</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">If this box is not checked, only input in the format that has been set at the cell is accepted. Any other input resets the format to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Text</span>.</help:help-text> If the number format "-123,45 Γé¼", for example, is set in the cell, inputs in the format 123 or 123 Γé¼ are also recognized as numbers. If, however, you enter 1.1 this is interpreted as a date which does not correspond to the format set in the cell. The input is therefore formatted as text.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">If this field is marked numbers are always bottom right aligned in the cell.</help:help-text> If this field is not marked numbers are always top left aligned in the cell.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Direct formatting is not influenced by the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Alignment</span> field. If you directly center align the cell contents, they remain centered irrespective of whether text or numbers are involved.</p>
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<p class="Head2">Move</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Here you will find the default settings for moving rows and columns with the keyboard. Press (Alt) and a cursor key together.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this spin box to enter the value to be used for moving the row.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this spin box to be used for shifting the column.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2">Insert</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Here you will find the default settings for inserting more rows and columns with the keyboard. Press (Alt) (Insert), then a cursor key.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this spin box to enter the default value for inserting rows.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this spin box to enter the default value to be used for inserting columns.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="Paragraph">Determine the relative effect of rows and columns to adjacent rows or columns, as well as to the entire table.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option if you only want the changes to a row or column to affect only the respective adjacent area.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can also set this preference with the <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:link Id="67778"><span class="T1">Table Mode Fixed</span></help:link></help:case><help:default><span class="T1">Table Mode Fixed</span></help:default></help:switch> icon, which is available on the Object Bar the cursor is located within a table when the text document is open.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click here if you want the changes to a row or column to have an effect on the entire table.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:link Id="67787"><span class="T1">Table Mode Fixed and Proportional</span></help:link></help:case><help:default><span class="T1">Table Mode Fixed and Proportional</span></help:default></help:switch> icon, which is available on the Object Bar as soon as a table is selected when the text document is open.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option if you want the changes to a row or column to affect the table size.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">If the text document is open, this variable mode can also be adjusted with the appropriate <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:link Id="67769">icon</help:link></help:case><help:default>icon</help:default></help:switch> on the table Object Bar.</p>