the table in our piano lessons flyer is
starting to look really nice but we can
do more to customize it if we'd like for
example if we want to change this grey
fill color in the top row to a different
color we can do that let's start by
placing our cursor in the first row of
the table which you can see then selects
the table to change the table formatting
let's select format and then table from
the main menu the format table dialog
box appears right now we're on the
colors and lines tab from here we can
change that grey fill color to change
the fill color click the drop-down arrow
beside the color and select the color
you'd like you can choose no Phil or one
of the colors shown or you can click
more colors and choose from a wide
variety of colors in the color dialog
box I want to use this black color so
I'm going to select that lastly click OK
and the fill color is changed however
our text has now disappeared so we need
to change the font color of our texts we
do that by selecting our invisible text
coming up to our formatting menu and
selecting the drop-down box beside the
font color icon and I would like to
choose white to contrast with our black
fill color now let's deselect the table
and notice the changes we've made I like
the way that looks but now I want to add
some lines inside my table you see there
are lines on the outside but not within
the table these dotted lines in here are
grid lines that don't show up when
printed if I want to add or delete lines
in my table I need to go back to the
format table dialog box
I can do this from the main menu like
before or i can simply select the entire
table and right-click my mouse from the
menu select format table now our format
table dialog box appears I can choose
which lines I want to appear I can use
these presets here I like this third one
or I can choose to modify each
individual line in the line section I
can use the drop down arrow to choose a
line color I really want to use this
black for this flyer and in addition I
can modify the weight of the line I'm
fine with this one point thickness so
I'm going to leave it as it is let's go
ahead and click OK and deselect our
table and now we can see those changes
in our table to make the table fit our
flyer a little better we may want to
modify the tables row and sell height
you can see that we have a lot of extra
space in each of our rose this is a
really simple change to do this we just
move our mouse to the desired line and
you'll notice that a double arrow
appears now just click and drag the
mouse up to move the line upward and we
can do this for each row in our table
we can also do the same with the columns
we have a lot of extra space here in our
first column so let's just move our
mouse to the center line you'll notice
the double arrow will simply click and
drag the mouse to move the line
you
it is pretty easy to change the table
manually now our table fits nicely on
our flyer and we don't have so much
wasted space in between the rows and
columns publisher does give you the
option to modify the table in other ways
as well to access the table features
let's select the table and then go to
the main menu and choose table from here
we can insert columns to the left to the
right or rows above or below wherever
your cursor is within the table let's go
ahead and insert a row at the very
bottom of our table let's come down to
the table place our cursor in the bottom
row we'll come back up to the main menu
select table insert rows below and you
see that we've added a new row to our
table we can also delete the entire
table we can delete columns or we can
delete rows let's select rows to delete
the newly inserted row another option we
have under table features is to select
the entire table select column select
row or select cell publisher also allows
us to merge cells this feature is an
active right now because we don't have
any cells selected in our table finally
we can split cells which does just what
it sounds like it splits one cell into
two cells now that you know quite a bit
about formatting tables why not give
these features a try within your own
publication