You can insert a range of 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
Select to insert a table by:
Right-click menu Insert table
From the upper tool bar, select Insert > Insert table
Specify your table properties in the dialogue box that appears.
Table properties:
Specification | Notes |
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Number of rows and columns |
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Column widths |
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Styles and formatting |
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Page setup |
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Border options |
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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 above.
Click Update when you’ve specified your criteria
Lawmaker will update your table
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 Tbl block in the breadcrumb or select 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. Right-click and select Table > Merge cells
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.
Hints and tips
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
It is possible to insert structured text in the table cells, e.g. numbered lists including quoted structures
The PDF line counting will count each line of text within a row, including repeating headers