PageMill 2 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide Excerpt ____________ Intro / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /
Tables Seminar with Maria Langer

To insert a table with the Insert Table button Position the insertion point where you want the table to appear (see Figure 6). Position your mouse pointer on the Insert Table button, press the mouse button down, and drag down and to the right. A menu pops up and expands as you drag (see Figure 4). When the desired number of columns and rows is indicated by the Insert Table pop-up menu, release the mouse button. The table appears (see Figure 7). To insert a table with the Create Table dialog box Position the insertion point where you want the table to appear (see Figure 6). Click the Insert Table button on the button bar to display the Create Table dialog box (see Figure 5). Enter the number of rows and columns desired in the Rows and Columns edit boxes. Enter values for the table formatting options in the appropriate edit boxes. Click OK or press Return or Enter to accept your settings and create the table.

Figure 6. Begin by positioning the insertion point where you want the table to appear. Figure 7. The table appears at the insertion point. Tip I tell you about table formatting options like those in the Create Table dialog box (see Figure 5) later in this chapter.

To insert Excel worksheet cells as a table In an Excel worksheet document, select the cells you want to turn into a PageMill table (see Figure 8). Choose Copy from Excel's Edit menu (see Figure 9) or press Command-C. Switch to or open the PageMill document in which you want to paste the Excel cells. Position the insertion point where you want the table to appear. Choose Paste from PageMill's Edit menu (see Figure 10) or press Command-V. The table appears (see Figure 11). Tips If you often use Excel to calculate or store information that may be used in Web pages, this is, by far, the easiest way to include that information in PageMill documents. Cell formatting is not carried forward from the Excel document to the PageMill document. This could be a problem if the Excel worksheet includes numbers formatted as dates-they will appear as numbers rather than dates in PageMill. Check the resulting PageMill table carefully and make changes as necessary to cell contents.

Figure 8. In an Excel worksheet, select the cells that you want to use in a PageMill document. Figure 9. Choose Copy from Excel's Edit menu to copy the selected cells to the Clipboard. Figure 10. Choose Paste from PageMill's Edit menu to paste the copied cells to the PageMill document. Figure 11. The Excel cells appear as a PageMill table at the insertion point.

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