Inserting Tables
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.
To insert a table from the Insert toolbar
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Place the cursor in your document where you want to insert the table.
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On the Standard or the Insert bar, click the arrow next to the Table icon.
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In the table grid, drag to select the numbers of rows and columns that you want, and then release.
To cancel, drag to the other side until \<emph\>Cancel\</emph\> appears in the preview area of the grid.
To insert a table with a menu command
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Place the cursor in your document where you want to insert the table.
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Choose Table - Insert Table.
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In the \<emph\>Size\</emph\> area, enter the number of rows and columns.
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Select the options that you want, click \<emph\>OK\</emph\>.
Inserting a Table From a Calc Spreadsheet
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Open the LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.
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In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.
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Choose \<emph\>Edit - Copy\</emph\>.
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In your text document, do one of the following:
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Choose Edit - Paste. The cell range is pasted as an OLE object. To edit the contents of the cells, double-click the object.
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Choose \<emph\>Edit - Index Entry\</emph\>, and do one of the following:
Options |
Is inserted as... |
LibreOffice 6.1 Spreadsheet |
OLE object - as with CommandCtrl+V or drag-and-drop |
GDIMetaFile |
Graphic |
Bitmap |
Graphic |
HTML |
HTML table |
Unformatted text |
Text only, tab stops as separators |
Formatted text [RTF] |
Text table |
DDE link (only under Windows) |
Table structure and contents, without formatting. With updating |
Drag-and-Drop a Cell Range From a Calc Spreadsheet
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Open the LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.
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In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.
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Click and hold the mouse button in the selected cells.
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Drag the selected cells into the text document.