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Creating a table in the Atto text editor

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Inserting a table in a Label or Page is simple and includes options to add a border and grid lines. 

1. To create a table

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1. click the 'Table' icon in the text editor toolbar
   

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2. Give the table a caption or title, say whether you want to put headers

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1. on columns, rows

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1. or both, and choose number of rows and columns.

You can choose how you wish to format the table borders and background colour.

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It is not possible to format the table with borders, merged cells or in any other way in the ATTO editor.

To change text editor

The default is ATTO : for the time being you can opt to use TINY MCE instead. This is better for creating tables.

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Creating a table in the TinyMCE Editor

When creating a table, the option to add a border is under the General tab (see below). The number entered in the Border field sets the thickness of the border where 1 is a thin border and higher numbers result in a thicker line. 

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After setting the border, you can then click on the Advanced tab to set the border colour (see below).

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