13. Tabs and Tables

In This Chapter

Inserting Tab Characters

Setting Tab Stops

Creating Tab Leaders

Creating and Using Tables

Navigating Through Tables

Selecting Tables

Working with Rows and Columns

Adjusting Tables Within a Text Frame

Working with Headers and Footers

Adding Images to Tables

Customizing Cells

Setting Borders, Strokes, and Fills

Alternating Strokes and Fills

Adding Diagonal Lines in Cells

Using the Table or Control Panels

Before layouts had tabs and tables, there was chaos. Well, perhaps not chaos, but it was difficult to line up columns of text in an orderly fashion.

The word “tab” comes from the tabulator key on a typewriter. (Does anyone still use a typewriter?) The tabulator key moved the carriage a certain number of spaces. ...

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