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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156377"><bookmark_value>tables; inserting text tables</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>inserting; tables in text</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>DDE; inserting tables</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>OLE objects; inserting tables in</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>cells;inserting from spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>tables in spreadsheets;inserting in text</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>spreadsheets;inserting tables from</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw changed "cell ranges;" to "cells;"</comment>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149489" role="paragraph">There are several ways to create a table in a text document. You can insert a table from a toolbar, through a menu command, or from a spreadsheet. <comment>UFI: from a database?</comment></paragraph>
      <h2 id="hd_id3155908">To Insert a Table From a Toolbar</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem">Place the cursor in your document where you want to insert the table.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147416" role="listitem">On the <emph>Standard</emph> or the <emph>Insert</emph> bar, click the arrow next to the <emph>Table</emph> icon.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153398" role="listitem">In the table grid, drag to select the numbers of rows and columns that you want, and then release.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153416" role="paragraph">To cancel, drag to the other side until <emph>Cancel</emph> appears in the preview area of the grid.<comment>make it RTL compliant</comment></paragraph>
      <h2 id="hd_id3153135">To Insert a Table With a Menu Command</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149642" role="listitem">Place the cursor in your document where you want to insert the table.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149609" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Table - Insert Table</emph>. </paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149858" role="listitem">In the <emph>Size</emph> area, enter the number of rows and columns.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145097" role="listitem">Select the options that you want, click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <h2 id="hd_id3149572">To Insert a Table From a Calc Spreadsheet</h2>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149594" role="listitem">Open the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156250" role="listitem">In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154395" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Edit - Copy</emph>.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154420" role="listitem">In your text document, do one of the following:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153383" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>. The cell range is pasted as an OLE object. To edit the contents of the cells, double-click the object.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154248" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>, and choose from the following options:</paragraph>
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      <h3 id="hd_id3151093">Drag-and-Drop a Cell Range From a Calc Spreadsheet</h3>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151116" role="listitem">Open the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150515" role="listitem">In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150534" role="listitem">Click and hold the mouse button in the selected cells.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147527" role="listitem">Drag the selected cells into the text document.</paragraph>
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