Creating Table Paragraphs

Create a table paragraph with the <Tabletable> icon.

Table paragraph icon

Click the <Tabletable> icon to create a table paragraph.
- If a paragraph is selected, the table paragraph is added below it. Otherwise, it is added at the bottom.
Drag the <Tabletable> icon to where you want the table paragraph.

You can also create a table paragraph with keyboard shortcuts.

Ctrl + 3 —If a paragraph is selected, the table paragraph is added below it. Otherwise, it is added at the bottom.
Ctrl + Alt + 3—If a paragraph is selected, the table paragraph is added above it. Otherwise, it is added at the top.

In addition to the default table paragraph, you can create table paragraphs with user style types. For details, see User Style Types.

When you create a new table paragraph, enter the “Table Caption”, “Number of Header Rows”, “Number of Footer Rows”, “Number of Rows”, and “Number of Columns” to define the frame of the table. By default, there is 1 header row and there are 0 footer rows. After you create the table, you can turn on “Omit Caption” to hide the table caption.

Changing the Table Structure

Click the “plus(+) button” on the left side or top of the table to add rows and columns. The buttons move with the selected cell, so you can quickly add rows and columns where you want them.

When you select a cell, the <Optionsmore_horiz> button appears on it. Select an option, referring to the following descriptions.

Table cell options
Option	Description
Clear Cell Format	Removes character styles, links, index marks, footnotes, and so on from the selected cells, leaving only the text.
Cut	Cuts the content of the selected cells. You can paste it into other cells.
Copy	Copies the content.
Paste	Pastes the content you cut or copied.
Clear Content	Clears the content.
Insert Row	Adds a row.
Insert Many Rows	Adds multiple rows at once.
Insert Header Row	Adds a header row.
Insert Footer Row	Adds a footer row.
Delete Row	Deletes the selected rows.
Delete Column	Deletes the selected columns.
Merge Cell	Merges the selected cells.
Unmerge Cell	Select this to unmerge merged cells.
Split Cell Horizontally	Splits the selected cell horizontally.
Split Cell Vertically	Splits the selected cell vertically.
Toggle as Header Cell	Select this to make the selected cells ‘header cells’.
Toggle as Code Cell	Select this to make the selected cells ‘code cells’.
Left Align	Aligns text to the left of the table cell.
Right Align	Aligns text to the right of the table cell.
Center Align	Centers text in the table cell.
Justify	Justifies text in the table cell.
Top Align	Aligns text to the top of the table cell.
Bottom Align	Aligns text to the bottom of the table cell.
Middle Align	Aligns text to the middle of the table cell.
Background Color	Sets the background color of the selected cells.

Change the table structure by selecting a menu in <Optionsmore_horiz> as follows.

Select the cells to work on.
- You can drag the mouse to select multiple cells.
Click the <Optionsmore_horiz> button that appears on the selected cell.
Select the task you want from the context menu.
Click the button.

You can also perform some table paragraph options with keyboard shortcuts.

Cut : Ctrl + X
Copy : Ctrl + C
Paste : Ctrl + V
Clear Content : Delete or Backspace(←)

Toggling Header Cells and Code Cells

To change a table cell to a ‘header cell’, select the “Toggle as Header Cell” menu in the table cell <Optionsmore_horiz>.
- Select the ‘Toggle as Header Cell’ option again to change the ‘header cell’ back to a normal cell.
To make a table cell a ‘code cell’, select the “Toggle as Code Cell” menu in the table cell <Optionsmore_horiz>.
- Select the ‘Toggle as Code Cell’ option again to change the ‘code cell’ back to a normal cell.

Setting Column Widths

The ManualWorks editor is not a WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) editor.

Select “Table Layout” in <Optionscheck_box> of the table paragraph editor to set the column widths of the table. For the table layout, select “Auto”, “Fixed”, or “Setting”. The default for new table paragraphs is “Fixed”. You can change the default for the table paragraphs you create in “Setting” in the editor sidebar.

Auto

Column widths are determined by the content. The following is an example with “Auto” selected.

Auto mode
Type	Description
Owner	Can perform all tasks on the document, such as deleting the document, creating chapters, and setting access permissions.
Collaborator	Can edit the document content as a coauthor.
Reader	Can read the document content in the web viewer.

Fixed

All columns have the same width. The following is an example with “Fixed” selected.

Fixed mode
Type	Description
Owner	Can perform all tasks on the document, such as deleting the document, creating chapters, and setting access permissions.
Collaborator	Can edit the document content as a coauthor.
Reader	Can read the document content in the web viewer.

Setting

You set the column widths yourself. Set the column widths in the “Setting” table layout mode as follows.

Separate the width of each column with commas. For example: 30%, 200, ?
You can use “%” as the unit.
If you set a column width to “?”, the width of that column is determined automatically.

The following is an example with “Setting” selected.

Setting(30%, ?) mode
Type	Description
Owner	Can perform all tasks on the document, such as deleting the document, creating chapters, and setting access permissions.
Collaborator	Can edit the document content as a coauthor.
Reader	Can read the document content in the web viewer.

Adding Ordered and Unordered Lists to Tables

Add ordered and unordered lists to a table the same way you write Ordered and Unordered Lists paragraphs. However, renumbering is not supported.

Adding ordered and unordered lists to a table
Ordered List	Unordered List
Potato Sweet potato Corn	Watermelon Grape Korean melon

Applying Code Highlighting to Code Cells

You can apply code highlighting to table cells. Apply the “Toggle as Code Cell” option to a table cell, and then set a supported language in the table paragraph <Optionscheck_box> to apply code highlighting to the code cells.

The supported languages are as follows. They are always shown in English, regardless of the user's language.

C
C++
C#
CSS
HTML
Java
Javascript
TypeScript
JSON
JSP
JSP_DIRECTIVES
Objective-C
Properties
Python
Ruby
SQL
Swift
Kotlin
XML
YAML

Clearing the Clipboard

When you copy or cut cells with the table context menu or keyboard shortcuts, the <1Clear Clipboard> link appears. To paste copied content without regard to the table, click this link.

Separating Cells with Line Breaks and Tabs When Pasting

When you paste content separated by line breaks or tab characters into a table, the content is pasted into separate cells if you select the “Separate cells with line breaks and tabs when pasting.” option. Otherwise, it is all pasted into one cell.

Try the option by pasting the following content, separated by line breaks and tabs, into a table.

Collaborator	Can edit the document content as a coauthor.
Reader	Can read the document content in the web viewer.

The following is the result when the “Separate cells with line breaks and tabs when pasting.” option is not selected.

The following is the result when the “1Separate cells with line breaks and tabs when pasting.” option is selected.