Table Cell Ribbon Contextual Tab

Displayed when a table cell is selected

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Rows Panel

Insert Above

Inserts a row above the currently selected cell or row.

Insert Below

Inserts a row below the currently selected cell or row

Delete Row(s)

Deletes the currently selected row(s).

Columns Panel

Insert Left

Inserts a column to the left of the currently selected cell or row.

Insert Right

Inserts a column to the right of the currently selected cell or row.

Delete Column(s)

Deletes the currently selected column(s).

Merge Panel

Merge Cells

Merges the selected cells into one large cell. Choose Merge All, Merge By Row, or Merge By Column.

Unmerge Cells

Unmerges cells that were previously merged.

Cell Styles Panel

Match Cell

Applies the properties of a selected cell to other cells.

Alignment

Specifies alignment for the content within cells. Content is middle-, top-, or bottom-aligned with respect to the top and bottom borders of the cell. Content is center-, left-, or right-aligned with respect to the left and right borders of the cell.

Table Cell Styles

Lists all cell styles contained within the current table style. The cell styles Title, Header, and Data are always contained within any table style, and cannot be deleted or renamed.

Table Cell Background Color

Specifies the fill color. Select None or a background color, or click Select Color to display the Select Color dialog box.

Cell Borders

Displays the Cell Border Properties dialog box. Set border properties for selected table cells.

Cell Format Panel

Cell Locking

Locks or unlocks cell content and/or formatting from editing.

Data Format

Displays a list of data types (Angle, Date, Decimal Number, and so on) that you can format for table rows.

Preview

Displays a preview of the option you selected in the Format list.

Format

Depending on the data type you select, displays a list of relevant format types. For example, if you selected Angle as the data type, options such as Decimal Degrees, Grads, Radians, and so on are displayed.

Precision

For Angle, Decimal Number and Points data types only, sets the precision for applicable formats. For example, if you select Angle as the data type and Radians as the format type, options such as Current Precision, 0.0r, 0.00r, 0.000r, and so on are displayed.

List Separator

For a Point data type only, displays a list of options (comma, semicolon, or colon) that you can use to separate list items.

Symbol

For Currency data types only, displays a list of currency symbols that you can use.

Append Symbol

In Currency data types, places the currency symbol after the number. In the Percentage data types, places the percent symbol after the number.

Negative Numbers

For Currency data types only, lists options for displaying negative numbers.

X, Y, and Z

For a Point data type only, filters X, Y, or Z coordinates.

Additional Format

For Angle, Decimal Number, Point and Whole Number data types only, opens the Additional Format dialog box, where you set additional formatting options for table cells.

Examples

For the Date data type only, displays a list of date display options for the date option you selected in the Format field. Click a date in the Format field to see an example.

Insert Panel

Block

The Insert dialog box is displayed, where you can insert a block into the currently selected table cell.

Field (not available in AutoCAD LT)

The Field dialog box is displayed, where you can insert a field into the currently selected table cell.

Formula (not available in AutoCAD LT)

Inserts a formula into the currently selected table cell. A formula must start with an equal sign (=). The formulas for sum, average, and count ignore empty cells and cells that do not resolve to a numeric value. Other formulas display an error (#) if any cell in the arithmetic expression is empty or contains nonnumeric data.

Manage Cell Contents

Displays the content of the selected cell. You can change the order of cell content as well as change the direction in which cell content will appear.

Data Panel

Link Cell

The New and Modify Excel Link dialog box is displayed, where you can link data from a spreadsheet created in Microsoft Excel to a table within your drawing.

Download from Source

Updates data in the table cell that is referenced by changed data in an established data link.