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Table Editing Modes

There are two "modes" that you can be in when working with tables. When you first create a table, you are in "structure editing" mode, indicated by the gray handles and  icons. In this mode, you can select cells, groups of cells, or the entire table, and perform operations on them.

 The other mode is "content editing" mode, in which you can insert text or other elements (including other tables) inside table cells. In this mode, the gray handles and  icons are not present.

To change from structure editing to content editing mode, double-click in a cell. The cell's contents are selected, and you can type or select an element from the toolbar to replace them. To change from content editing to structure editing mode, press Control and click in any cell other than the one that was selected.

 Alternatively, you can switch from one mode to the other by clicking  in the toolbar. Also, after you've clicked anywhere outside a table, clicking in the table puts you in content editing mode; Control-clicking puts you in structure editing mode.

 In structure editing mode, you can:

In content editing mode, you can: In either mode, you can press Tab to move to the next cell to the right (or the first cell of the next row if in the rightmost column). Pressing Shift-Tab moves in the opposite direction through the table.

 A special case arises when you have embedded a table within a table cell. In this case:

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