About Selecting
Cells and Tables
To make changes to the structure or formatting of a table or its cells, you must first select the table or cells you want to change.
To select a cell
- Click once within the cell to position the insertion point inside it. A thick gray box appears around the entire table.
- Press the mouse button down and drag to the border of the cell. A selection border appears around the cell (see Figure 12).
To select multiple cells
- Click once within the top left cell in the intended selection to position the insertion point inside it. A thick gray box appears around the entire table.
- Press the mouse button down and drag to the border of the bottom right cell in the intended selection. A selection border appears around the cells (see Figure 13).
To select an entire table
- Click once anywhere within a table cell. A thick gray box appears around the entire table.
- Click once on the gray box around the table. A selection box, complete with resizing handles, appears around the table (see Figure 14).
To deselect a table or cell(s)
Click anywhere outside the table. The selection box disappears.
Tips
- When one or more cells is selected, clicking any other cell selects that cell.
- When selecting cells, be careful not to drag a selection. If you accidentally drag cells to a new position, use the Undo command to replace them.
Figure 12. To select a single cell, click in the cell, then drag to the cell's
border.
Figure 13. To select multiple cells, click in the first cell, then drag to
the border of the last cell.
Figure 14. To select an entire table, click once in the table to display its
gray border, then click on the gray border.
