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Repairing Tables

The table summary describes the relationship among cells, including their headers, spanning information or other relationships that may not be obvious from analysing the structure of the table but that may be apparent in a visual rendering of the table. The table summary may be edited using the ``Edit Summary'' menu item of the ``Table'' menu.

The table caption is used to describe the table in two to three sentences and may be edited using the ``Edit Caption'' menu item of the ``Table'' menu.

If the program has not correctly identified the table headers, then these can be set using the ``Make Header Cell'' menu item. If the program has incorrectly set the table headers, then use the ``Make Data Cell'' menu item to change these to data cells.

Cells should be associated with headers in order to identify the relationship between header and data cells. This can be achieved by selecting the data cells associated with a header, clicking ``Add Header'' and selecting the correct header. If all cells under a header can be said to be associated with it, then this header has a `column' scope. This can be set with the ``Add Header Scope'' menu item. This dialog can also be used to set row scope, which means all the cells to the right of a header are associated with it.

The table ID is a unique identifier used by cells to refer to their headings and the header abbreviation should be used to give a terse abbreviation for headers with long descriptions. These can be set using ``Edit Header Info''.

The cell axis is used to label cells based on some list of categories. Use the ``Edit Axis'' menu item to set this.



David McNamara
Wed May 7 17:15:35 IST 2003