Adding a table head

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.
The file contains a table.

Your need

You need to add a table head to your table.

The possibility

It is possible to add a head to your table. The table head is often styled differently compared to the table body when published.

You can create multiple table head rows (only using Shift row up), which are always displayed on top of the table. A table cannot only consist of table heads.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to add a table head.

The result

Adding a table head

This is the file content before adding a table head:

This is the file content after adding a table head:

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Shift top table row into a table head

This is the file content before shifting the top table row into a table head:

This is the file content after shifting the top table row into a table head:

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Overall steps

Open the file, then add a table head to an existing table.

Time

Less than 1 minute

Procedure

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, right-click your table.

A pop-up list opens.

3. In the pop-up list, select the table icon.

The table toolbar opens.

4. On the table toolbar, click Head.

A table head is added to your table.

5. Type your text in the table head cells.

6. To add another row to the table head, put the caret in the top body row.

7. On the top toolbar, click Row > Shift up.

The top table row is shifted into a second table head row.

Alternative procedure: Shifting the top table row into a table head

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, put the caret in the top table row.

3. On the top toolbar, click Row > Shift up.

The top table row is shifted into a table head row.

4. To add another row to the table head, put the caret in the top table body row and repeat from step 3.

The top table body row is shifted into a second table head row.