As with any page break, you can also reset the page numbers using the Page number box. If you insert a page break before the table (that is, start the table on a new page), you can also change the page style that will go with it by checking the With Page Style box and selecting a new page style. Use the Text Flow: Break option, combined with the Page or Column and the Before or After buttons. Insert a page or column break either before or after the table.

On the Text Flow page of the Table Format dialog box, you can: You can format each cell independently of other cells, or you can simultaneously format a group of cells by selecting them before applying the desired formatting. You can apply manual formatting as with any other paragraph in the text, but it is highly recommended, for the sake of consistency and ease of maintenance, that you define your own paragraph and character styles.īesides the paragraph and character styles, there are other aspects to consider when placing text in a table cell such as text flow, alignment and orientation. Once the table layout is satisfactory, you can move on to formatting the text in the individual cells.

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