Creating the First Row (column headings)

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To create the first row and establish the columns of a table:

Click the Text tool.

3. Click in a document window where you want the table to start.

4. Type a caption.

5. Press Tab.

A second caption box appears.

6. Type a second caption.

The second column is placed 20 points (20/72 inch, 0.71 cm) to the right of the first.

7. Press Tab again to create a third column, and so on.

NOTE: The style, font, and size that you set in each column are maintained in all the rows that follow.

The following illustration shows the creation of new columns using the Tab key.

Compound M.W. LogP LD50

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To change the spacing between columns one point at a time while editing a caption:

Select the caption.

8. Move the caption with the arrow keys.

For more information on moving objects, see "Moving Objects".

To create another column with this same spacing as the previous:

• Press Tab.

A third caption text box appears.