Aligning cell content

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 align cell content in a table.

The possibility

It is possible to align cell/row/column/table content in horizontal and/or vertical directions.

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to align cell content in a table.

The result

This is the content before aligning the cell content in a table:

This is the content after aligning cell content horizontally to the right in a table:

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Overall steps

Open the file, then align the cell content in a table.

Time

1 minute

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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, select one or more table cells.

To select a single table cell, put the cursor in a table cell and press Ctrl+A repeatedly until the table cell is selected.

To select several table cells, put the cursor in a table cell and drag the mouse over the cells you want to select.

3. Right-click the selection.

A Properties toolbar opens.

4. On the Properties toolbar, click Align.

The Align tab opens.

5. On the Align tab, click the option buttons to align the selected cells/rows/columns or the entire table in horizontal and/or vertical directions.

6. Click Apply.

The chosen cell alignment properties are applied.