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After the table is created, you can modify it in much the same ways as

you would modify a table in Writer: adding and deleting rows and

columns, adjusting width and spacing, adding borders, background

colors and so on. Detailed information on working with tables and the

Table Properties dialog can be found in Chapter 9 of the

Writer Guide

By modifying the style of the table from the Table Design section of the

Tasks pane, you can quickly change the appearance of the table or any

newly created tables based on the Style options you select. You can

choose to add emphasis to a header and total row as well as the first

and last columns of the table, and apply a banded appearance to the

rows and columns.

Having completed the table design, entering data into the cells is

similar to working with text box objects. Click in the cell you wish to

add data to, and begin typing. To move around cells quickly, use the

following key options:

• The

arrow keys

move the cursor to the next table cell if the cell is

empty, otherwise they move the cursor to the next character in

the cell.

• The

Tab

key moves to the next cell, skipping over the contents of

the cell;

Shift+Tab

move backwards in this manner.

Adding graphics, spreadsheets, charts,

and other objects

Graphics in Impress are handled much the same as graphics in Draw.

For more information, see Chapter 7 (Getting Started with Draw), the

Draw Guide

, or Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in the

Impress Guide

Spreadsheets embedded in Impress include most of the functionality of

spreadsheets in Calc and are therefore capable of performing

extremely complex calculations and data analysis. If you need to

analyze your data or apply formulas, these operations are best

performed in a Calc spreadsheet and the results displayed in an

embedded Impress spreadsheet.

To add a spreadsheet to a slide, select the corresponding layout in the

list of predefined layouts in the Tasks pane. This inserts a placeholder

for a spreadsheet in the center of a slide. To insert data and modify the

formatting of the spreadsheet, it is necessary to

activate

it and enter

the edit mode. To do so, double-click inside the frame with the green

handles.

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