You can insert a range of
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pre-formatted tables into your document.
How to insert a table
Place your cursor in the provision that you would like to insert your table after. Note that this can include Parts, Schedules and other non-text provisions.
Select to insert a table by:
Right-click menu
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Insert table
From the upper tool bar, select Insert > Insert table
Specify your table
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properties in the dialogue box that appears
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Number of rows and columns
Whether you want to specify column widths (%)
Styles and formatting (for table number, caption, row header and all cells under the header row)
Page set up (repeating headers, table width and alignment), and
Border options (there are 5 pre-set formats)
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. See Table properties below.
Click Insert when you’ve selected your criteria.
Lawmaker will insert the table on the line below the text in your provision.
Creating back-to-back tables
You can create back-to-back tables by:
placing your cursor inside an existing table, and
inserting a table as usual using the ‘How to insert a table’ instructions above
The new table will be inserted after the existing table.
To change the order, you can use the structure view to drag and drop the tables into a new order.
How to update table properties
With your cursor in the table, select to update table properties by:
Right-click menu select Table > Update table
From the upper tool bar, select Insert > Update table
Specify your changes in the dialogue box that appears. See Table Properties below.
Click Update when you’ve specified your criteria.
Lawmaker will update your table.
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Styles and formatting (for table number, caption, row header and all cells under the header row)
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Page set up (repeating headers, table width and alignment), and
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Border options
Click ‘Update’ when you’ve specified your criteria
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If you have a table with lots of text which has ended up being ‘squished’, and you want to improve formatting and readability, try:
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Inserting table content
It is possible to fill in a table cell with either plain text or structured content.
To type plain text, simply click on the ‘Text’ placeholder and type.
Structured content
With your cursor in the Text placeholder, press the Enter key to bring up the Content Completion Assistant.
Select the desired content to insert as you would when inserting provisions in the main body of the document.
It is possible to insert, for example, paragraphs, sub-paragraphs, and quoted structures in a table.
See the relevant sections of this user manual under Drafting and Editing for further information.
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Inserting table notesLawmaker does not currently support the insertion of table notes (i.e., notes referenced within cells and placed at the end of a table). However, as a workaround, they can be replicated. See Managing Footnotesfor information on replicating the appearance of table notes. |
How to insert additional rows or columns
With your cursor in the appropriate cell, select to insert a row or column by:
Right-click menu select Table > Insert row before/Insert row after/Insert column to the left and insert column to the right
From the upper toolbar, select Insert > Insert row before/Insert row after/Insert column to the left and insert column to the right
The system will insert the appropriate row/column to your table based on your cursor location.
If you insert a new row with your cursor in the table header, you will create a new row within the header.
How to delete a row or a column
With your cursor in a cell in the selected column/row, specify you would like to delete the column or row by:
Right-click menu select Table > delete row/column
From the upper toolbar, select Insert > delete row/column
The system will delete the selected row/column based on the cursor location.
If there is only one column or row left in the table, deleting it will delete the whole table.
How to delete a table
Place cursor in the table that you want to delete.
Click on
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Tbl block
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in the breadcrumb or select
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table from the structure view.
Press delete or backspace on your keyboard.
The system will remove the table completely from your document.
How to merge, unmerge and split cells
Merge cells:
Highlight the cells you wish to merge
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. Right-click and select Table > Merge cells
How to unmerge cells
Highlight the cell you wish to unmerge (vertically or horizontally or both)
Right-click and select Table > Unmerge cells
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Hints and tips
You can create back-to-back tables by:
placing your cursor at the outer right-hand edge of the table so that the breadcrumb is ….> Content > Tbl block > foreign > table
using the right facing arrow key, move forwards 3 presses so that cursor is now inside the ‘content’ element and breadcrumb reads …> Content
now insert a table as usual using the ‘How to insert a table’ instructions above
the new table will be inserted after the existing table
to change the order, you can use the structure view to drag and drop the tables into a new order.
It is possible to insert tables directly into Parts, Schedules and other non-text provisions
The row count includes the header row. If you uncheck header in the styles and formatting, the row count will decrease by 1
If you delete the last column or row, you will delete the entire table
If you place your cursor in the header row, you can insert another row that is a header by selecting ‘insert row above’ or ‘insert row below’
It is possible to insert structured text in the table cells e.g. numbered lists including quoted structures
If the text looks squashed in the PDF it could be because the column width you specified is too narrow. You will need to adjust the column width to correct the text formatting.
The PDF line counting will count each line of text within a row, including repeating headers
You cannot merge the first row of your table with the header row (vertical merge). If you want to merge two cells in the header, you will need to insert another header row by placing your cursor in the header row and inserting another row before/after which will insert another row classed as a header row.
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You cannot vertically merge cells in the header row with rows below. To merge cells in the header, first insert a new row in the header (see above).
Unmerge cells:
Right-click in the cell you wish to unmerge. Select Table > Unmerge cells
Splitting cells: It is not possible to directly split a cell that was not previously merged.
However, you can work around this by creating additional rows or columns (see above) and merging these, except the cells you wish to split.