You can insert a range of per-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 requirements in the dialogue box that appears:
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)
Click ‘Insert’ when you’ve selected your criteria
Lawmaker will insert the table on the line below the text in your provision
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
Specify column widths (in %)
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
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
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
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 cells
Highlight the cells you wish to merge (vertically or horizontally)
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
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.
When specifying the width of columns, you need to be accurate to 2 decimal places e.g a 2 column width might be 33.33 and 66.66.