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Community articleCreating basic, nested, collapsible, or tabbed tables in Notes
Added by ~Julia Breresonakoi | Edited by IBM contributor~Ned Chujumiburgon on April 28, 2010 | Version 41
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Learn how to create basic, nested, tabbed, or collapsible tables in Lotus Notes. This works for e-mails, calendar entries, and other Notes documents.
Tags: tables, customizing, formatting, creating, table, mail, calendar, teamroom, document, Notes document, advanced, power user, style, color, cells, cell, 8.5.1, 8.5, 8.0, 8.0.2, 8.0.1, captions, row captions, moving_advanced
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  • 1 Creating a table
  • 2 Creating a nested table
  • 3 Creating a table that has collapsible sections
  • 4 Creating a table that has tabbed rows

Creating a table

  1. Put the document in edit mode.
  2. Click where you want the table to appear.
  3. Click Create > Table.
  4. Under Table Size, specify the number of rows and columns in the table.
  5. Select how you want to determine the width of the table.
    • Fixed width - creates a measured column width that is fixed, regardless of the body size in a document. Enter a width.
    • Fit with margins - creates a table that adapts to the document size, and fills from margin to margin, within a rich-text field.
    • Fit to window - creates a table that fills the document completely from left to right, extending beyond the margins of a rich-text field in a document.
  6. Under Table Type, click the basic table button (the default). basic table button
  7. Click OK.


Creating a nested table


A nested table is a table inside a cell of another table. To create a nested table, click the cell where you want the table to appear, and then create a table as described above.


Creating a table that has collapsible sections


This is an example of a table with three rows (Caption 1, 2, and 3) and two columns, with the first captioned row expanded:
Example of table with collapsible rows
  1. While creating or editing an e-mail or Notes document, click where you want the table to appear.
  2. Click Create > Table.
  3. Specify the number of rows and columns in the table, and select how you want to determine the width of the table.
  4. Under Table Type, click the caption table button. collapsable table button


Creating a table that has tabbed rows


Example of tabbed table
  1. While creating or editing an e-mail or Notes document, click where you want the table to appear.
  2. Click Create > Table.
  3. Specify the number of rows and columns in the table, and select how you want to determine the width of the table.
  4. Under Table Type, click the tabbed table button. tabbed table button

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