Creating a new table column

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 create a new column in your table.

The possibility

It is possible to create a new column in a table. The new column can be inserted to the left or right of the current column.

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to create a new table column.

The result

This is the file content before creating a new table column:

This is the file content after creating a new table column:

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Overall steps

Open the file, then create a new column in an existing table.

Time

Less than 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, put the caret in a table column.

3. On the top toolbar, click Column > Insert left to insert a column to the left of the current column.

An empty column is inserted to the left of the current column.

4. On the top toolbar, click Column > Insert right to insert a column to the right of the current column.

An empty column is inserted to the left of the current column.