Chapter Eight. Tables

Building tables in QuarkXPress has long been a painful task without buying a third-party XTension. Fortunately, XPress now has a Table tool that lets you create simple tables quickly and effortlessly. Whether you need a table for financial data in an annual report, a form for ordering supplies, or a chart listing this week’s top ten pop songs, the Table tool will make your life a happier place.

Table Terms. In order for you make and use tables, you need to understand some table terminology.

  • A cell is one box of information within a table. Tables consist of a grid of cells, and cells are always picture or text boxes.

  • A field is the contents of one cell; in XPress, cells can contain either text, pictures, or be blank.

  • A row is ...

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