To change the background color for the cells in the table, click the in Java

Creator Code 128C in Java To change the background color for the cells in the table, click the

Background Color icon and use the Color Picker to choose a color See Book III, 3 for details on how to use the Color Picker

11 If you want the table s column width to be allotted automatically,

select the Fit to Contents radio button If you want to set the column widths to a specific number of pixels or percentage of the overall table width, select the radio button underneath the Fit to Contents radio button, enter a number in the text field, and select either Pixels or Percent from the drop-down list If you insert something in a cell that is wider than you have set the column to handle, the cell will override your column width setting to accommodate the element, be it an image or a long string of text

12 If you want to keep all the text on a single line within the cells, deselect the Wrap Text check box Otherwise, leave the Wrap Text check box selected If all the text in a cell won t fit on a single line and the Wrap Text box is checked, the text will be split into as many lines as are necessary, given the width of the cell The line breaks come at spaces, dashes, and carriage returns Deselecting the Wrap Text option may increase the width of your table

alone If you ve selected a row, you can make it a header row by selecting the Header Row check box, or removing its header row formatting by deselecting the Header Row check box

content in the rows (each row is only as large as the biggest cell in that row), select the Fit to Contents radio button next to the Row Height section If you want to set a row height in pixels, select the radio button below the Fit to Contents radio button and enter a number for the height you want the row to be in pixels

At any time while you are changing settings, you can click the Apply button to see the effect of the changes before moving on to the next property

There may be times when you want to change the text alignment in some cells but not others, or you want to perform some other task that applies only to a particular row or column In those circumstances, you need to select only the cells you want to affect; then you can make the changes using the Table Properties dialog box

To select a row, place your cursor on the table border at the left of the row you want to select and click when the cursor becomes a bold right-pointing arrow, as shown on the top in Figure 2-11 The row will highlight

To select a column, place your cursor on the table border at the top of the column you want to select and click when the cursor becomes a bold down-pointing arrow, a shown in the middle in Figure 2-11 The column will highlight

To select an individual cell, triple-click the cell The cell will highlight To select multiple cells, click in one cell, hold the Shift key, and click three times in another cell The two cells you clicked in and every cell between highlights After you ve made your selection, click the Table button to open the Table Properties dialog box and make the changes just as outlined in the Changing the whole table using the Table Properties dialog box section, earlier in this chapter If you have selected a row, the Rows and Columns tab will say only Row, and if you have selected a column, the Rows and Columns tab will reflect that by saying only Column