Displaying Content Too Large for Its Table Cell
When a cell is too small to display all its content, a clipping indicator (a small plus sign
in the bottom right corner of the cell) appears.
The clipping indicator appears
when a table cell contains more
content than can be seen.
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Chapter 9
Working with Table Cells
Chapter 9
Working with Table Cells
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You can enlarge a cell so that it displays more content, or you can let the cell’s content
spill into adjacent blank cells.
To avoid clipping and spilling, you can set up a table so that all its cells automatically
shrink or expand in height to accommodate content by selecting “Automatically resize
to fit content” in the Table inspector’s Table pane.
Here are ways to handle content too large for a cell:
To let the content in a cell spill into adjacent cells, deselect Wrap Text in the Table
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inspector’s Format pane and deselect “Automatically resize to fit content” in the
Table pane.
If the adjacent cells are empty, they display spilled content. But if they contain data,
content that doesn’t fit isn’t displayed, and the clipping indicator appears.
To make content wrap instead of spill, select Wrap in the format bar or Wrap Text in
the Table inspector’s Format pane.
To resize a column so that all of a particular cell’s value is visible, click its right border
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and drag right, or use the Column Width controls in the Table inspector’s Table pane.
To resize a row so that all of a particular cell’s value is visible, click its bottom border
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and drag down, or use the Row Height controls in the Table inspector.