Tables

Using the new table features: When you select a cell, row or column, a menu arrow now appears. You can press this menu arrow and then select a variety of actions, including adding rows or columns, splitting or merging cells and adding or removing cell shades. In addition, after you click a cell shade to reveal the contents of the cell, you can now click in the cell’s top-left corner to replace the cell shade. = = =Creating tables in SMART Notebook software = To insert a table Press ** Table **. A grid appears. Note > The cells of the grid correspond to the cells of your table. Tip > The grid displays eight rows and eight columns by default. You can add rows by moving the pointer past the bottom row. Similarly, you can add columns by moving the pointer past the right row. > If you’re using a mouse, click and hold the left mouse button while moving the pointer. > The table appears on the page. > The //Insert Table // dialog box appears. > The table appears on the page. To draw a table > The Pens tool buttons appear. > Tip > Make the lines of the table as straight as possible and connect the corners. > If SMART Notebook software recognizes your drawing as a table, it removes your drawing and adds a table to the page.
 * 1) Move the pointer over the grid to select the number of columns and rows that you want in the table.
 * 1) Press the screen or click your mouse.
 * 1) Select **Insert > Table **.
 * 1) Type the number of rows and columns in the boxes.
 * 2) Optionally, select **Make cells square** to make the table cells square.
 * 3) Optionally, select **Remember dimensions for new tables ** to use the current table dimensions for all future tables that you create in SMART Notebook software.
 * 4) Press **OK**.
 * 1) Press **Pens [[image:http://onlinehelp.smarttech.com/english/windows/help/notebook/11_0_0/Content/Resources/Images/ButtonPens.png]]**.
 * 1) Press **Pen Types**, and then select **Pen** or **Calligraphic Pen**.
 * 2) Select a line type.
 * 3) Draw a table on the screen.
 * 1) Press **Select [[image:http://onlinehelp.smarttech.com/english/windows/help/notebook/11_0_0/Content/Resources/Images/ButtonSelect.png]]**.
 * 2) Select your drawing.
 * 3) Press the menu arrow, and then select **Recognize Table **.

=Splitting or merging table cells= You can add tables to your page and insert objects into the table’s cells. If you want to customize a table, you can split or merge cells. To split a cell Note > If you split a cell that contains content, the content appears in the upper-left cell after the split. To merge cells Note > If you merge cells that contain content, the merged cell contains the contents of the top-left cell. If the top-left cell is empty, the merged cell contains the contents of the next available non-empty cell, moving from left to right, top to bottom.
 * 1) Select the cell.
 * 2) Press the cell’s menu arrow, and then select **Split**.
 * 3) Select an option to split the cell into multiple rows and/or columns.
 * 1) Select the cells.
 * 2) Press the cells’ menu arrow, and then select **Merge Cells**.

=Generating tables from graphs= If you insert a Cartesian or quadrant graph, and then insert points into it, you can generate a table of values based on these points. To generate a table from a graph > If you add or remove the points in the graph, SMART Notebook Math Tools updates the table and vice versa. To break the connection between a table and a graph > A blue highlight appears around both the table and the graph. An X in a blue circle appears between them. > If you update the information in the graph and the connection is broken, SMART Notebook Math Tools doesn’t update the table and vice versa. To reconnect a table and a graph > A blue highlight appears around the table and a small blue square appears alongside it.
 * 1) Select the graph.
 * 2) Press the graph’s menu arrow, and then select **Math Actions > Generate Table **.
 * 1) Select the table or the graph.
 * 1) Press the X symbol [[image:http://onlinehelp.smarttech.com/english/windows/help/notebook/11_0_0/Subsystems/SMARTNotebookMathTools/Content/Resources/Images/ButtonDisconnect.png]].
 * 1) Select the table.
 * 1) Select the blue square and drag it over the graph.