13. Tabs and Tables

In This Chapter:

Inserting Tab Characters 324

Setting Tab Stops 325

Creating Tab Leaders 328

Creating and Using Tables 329

Navigating Through Tables 334

Selecting Tables 335

Working with Rows and Columns 337

Adjusting Tables Within a Text Frame 343

Working with Headers and Footers 344

Adding Images to Tables 346

Customizing Cells 347

Setting Borders, Strokes, and Fills 350

Alternating Strokes and Fills 353

Adding Diagonal Lines in Cells 356

Using the Table or Control Panels 357

Before layouts had tabs and tables, there was chaos. Well, perhaps not chaos, but it was difficult to line up columns of text in an orderly fashion.

The word “tab” comes from the tabulator key on a typewriter. (Does anyone still use a typewriter?) ...

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