More text formatting

Earlier in this chapter you changed the font, the size, and the color of the type using the standard character formatting. You can also use leading, paragraph spacing, kerning, justification, and everything else you learned in Chapters 2 and 3. But tables have other special formatting you can take advantage of, using the “Cell Options” dialog box that I introduced on page 94.

To change any settings, be sure the insertion point is flashing within the cell that you want to affect, or select all the cells to which you want to apply the setting. Then go to the Table menu and choose “Cell Options,” and then “Text....”

To create a small space between the cell border and the text, use the “Cell Insets” fields. This moves the text a little away from the border (an example is on page 108). It’s an option you’ll use regularly. Unclick the chain icon to set different amounts in the fields. Experiment with this in the table you created: Select a column and change the “Cell Inset” for the text.