IBM Lotus Symphony


Table Object bar in Documents

The Table Object bar contains functions you need when working with tables. It appears when you move the cursor into a table.

Table 1. Icons on the Table Object bar
Function name Icon Description
Apply Style icon Allows you to assign a style to the current paragraph, selected paragraphs, or to a selected object. Further styles can be found in Layout - Stylist.
Font Name Icon Allows you to select a font name from the list or enter a font name directly.
Font Size Icon Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.
Bold Bold Icon Makes the selected text bold.
Italic icon Makes the selected text italic.
Underline icon Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.
Align Left Align Left Icon Aligns the one or more selected paragraphs to the left page margin.
Align Center Align Center Icon Centers the one or more selected paragraphs on the page.
Align Right Align Right Icon Aligns the one or more selected paragraphs to the right page margin.
Justified Align Justified Icon Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right page margins.
Align Top Icon Aligns the contents of the cell to the upper edge of the cell.
Align Vertically Center Icon Vertically centers the contents of the cell.
Align Bottom Icon Aligns the contents of the cell to the lower edge of the cell.
Bullets Icon Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.
Numbering Icon Adds or removes numbering from the selected paragraphs.
Indent Increase Indent Icon

In IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ Documents, increases the left indent of the current paragraph and sets it to the next tab stop.

InLotus Symphony Spreadsheets, click the Increase Indent icon to increase the indentation of the cell content of the selected cells.

In IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations, moves the selected paragraph Down One Level in a numbering or bullets hierarchy.

Decrease Indent Decrease Indent

In Lotus Symphony Documents, click the Decrease Indent icon to reduce the left indent of the current paragraph and set it to the previous tab position.

In Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets, click the Decrease Indent icon to reduce the indentation of the cell content in the selected cells.

In IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations, moves the selected paragraph Up One Level in the numbering or bullets hierarchy.

Line Spacing Line Spacing Icon Specifies the amount of space to leave between lines of text in a paragraph. (Contains drop-down items)
Superscript superscript Icon Reduces the font size of the selected text and raises the text above the baseline.
Subscript Subscript Icon Reduces the font size of the selected text and lowers the text below the baseline.
Select Table Icon Clicks this icon to select the entire table quickly, when the cursor is in any cell of the table.
Create Row Insert Row Inserts a row in the table, below the cursor position. You can insert more than one row by opening the corresponding dialog (choose Table - Insert - Rows ), or by selecting more than one row before clicking the icon. The second method inserts rows of the same height as the originally selected rows.
Create Column Insert Column Inserts one column into the table, after the cursor position. You can insert several columns at the same time by opening the dialog (choose Table - Insert - Columns ), or by selecting several columns before clicking the icon. If the latter method is used, the columns inserted will have the same relative width as the selected columns.
Merge Cells Merge Cells Combines the contents of the selected table cells into a single cell.
Split Cells Split Cells Splits the cell or group of cells horizontally or vertically into the number of cells that you enter.
Delete Rows Delete Row Deletes the one or more selected rows from the table.
Delete Columns Delete Column Deletes the one or more selected columns from the table.
Sum Icon Activates the sum function.
Left-To-Right Left to right icon Sets the text to run from left to right.
Right-To-Left Right to left Sets the text to run from right to left.

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