Editing tables interactively

Interactive Table Editing is one of the new features in ARES Commander 2015.

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ARES Commander 2015 gives us the ability of editing tables interactively.

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Thanks to the table editing tools and text editing,

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that are combined to help us improve the appearance of tables.

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Today, we will not talk today about the existing table options,

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when using the command INSERT TABLE.

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But about what we can do when we edit an existing table

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or import a table from another software

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such as Excel or other similar software

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As an example, we have created a table here.

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From the INSERT tab select the “PASTE SELECTED” command.

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Among the options we chose “Text as table”.

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Press OK.

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Now we determine the space where the table    is inserted.

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We can select the table

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and work with grips.

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We can now move it as a single element.

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We can also add new rows or columns.

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We simply select by clicking.

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In this case a row.

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Press the right mouse button

Inserting ROWS

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choose “Insert” and “ROW ABOVE”.

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Now we can select a cell.

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Keep the SHIFT key pressed and merge them.

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Let’s also write a new text.

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We chose a text font.

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You can edit the text using the tools offered by the text edition features

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that we have already introduced in a previous video.

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If you want to insert an intermediate row, we can do it easily.

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Select a row with right click and then choose INSERT and “ROW ABOVE” or “ROW BELOW”.

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We can also edit existing text.

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Simply double click in the cell.

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Select the text and modify.

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You can also easily change the font used in each of the cells.

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Select a cell,

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press SHIFT

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and click on this other cell to have all selected.

Changing FONT

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Now we can change the font directly.

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If we want to change the width of a column,

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select the entire column

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and use grips.

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When editing a table,

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the ribbon shows tools that will allow us to insert columns (left or right).

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Also add ROWS, above or below.

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Delete rows or columns.

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It’s also possible to create columns and rows
with identical spacings.

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If we want all the columns to have the same width, we can select …

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… and choose “COLUMNS EQUALLY”

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With the “ROWS EQUALLY” tool we can make all
rows have the same height

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Editing a table with Ares Commander 2015 is easier than ever.

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To know all the options available to edit
a table

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consult the help which can be accessed from
this button or by pressing F1.

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Thanks for listening,

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