TABLEDIT — Edit Table Cell
Edits the text of a table cell.
- Command:
TABLEDIT· Global name:_TABLEDIT· Alias:EDITTABLE - Ribbon: Annotate › Tables
Edits the text of table cells with the text editor, moving from one cell to another with the keyboard.
Usage
- Enter TABLEDIT (or EDITTABLE), or double-click a cell. If a cell was already selected, that one is edited.
- Select the cell with a click.
Select a table cell:
- Type in the editor. Tab moves to the next cell and Shift+Tab to the previous one; with a single line of text, the Up and Down arrows move to the row above or below. OK saves and finishes.
- You can also type on the command line: each line is the contents of a cell and moves to the next one; Enter on an empty line finishes.
Cell …: type the contents (Enter ends):
Notes
- Contents starting with
=are a formula (=Sum(A3:A5)); see TABLE. - Cancel does not save the cell being edited, but keeps what was typed before in other cells. All the changes made in one TABLEDIT are undone together.
- Merged cells are edited as one; the cells covered by a merged cell are skipped.