Table Add ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

• Opens a window that lets you define table columns and rows. After closing the window, locate a point to place the table.
• See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

• Drawing Editor (where Table Add is a tool)
• Tables (topic)
• Defaults for new tables ( Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the " Tables " tab > )
• Table Edit (window that opens when you add a table)
• Explode (transforms a table into its component lines and labels)

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   Step-by-step instructions :

A table can be added to any Drawing Editor drawing. To edit a table after it has been added, double-click one of its lines. Double-click a table's label to edit the label text. Drag a vertical line leftward to increase the column width. Drag the rightmost vertical line to reposition the table's lines but not its labels.

	1 . Invoke Table Add .
	2 . On the Table Edit window, use buttons such as " Insert Row " to create cells, then enter text to those cells. Alternatively, automatically generate the table by entering a CSV file or Report Writer report. You may want to reset the " Anchor location ." Press " OK " to continue.
	3 . Place the mouse pointer ( ) so the target ( ) is where you want the anchor of the table, then left-click ( Locate ).
	4 . The table is placed. Either use Locate (left-click) to place a duplicate of the table. Or, if you are done adding tables, right-click ( Return ).

Note 1: To invoke Table Add :

Method 1 : Click the Table Add icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Tables ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Objects > Tables > Add .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Table Add can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

Note 2: Right-click ( Return ) in step 3 or 4 ends the operation.

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