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You insert a Table under the menu '''Table › Insert › Table'''. You will be asked to determine the number of '''Columns''' and the number of '''Rows'''. Though you can always add or remove columns later on, it’s best to choose the right number of columns right from the start so as to avoid extra work. How wide or how narrow you would like each individual column to be you can determine using the mouse pointer. As for the number of lines, it really doesn’t matter, because adding or removing a line (clicking on the green line of the automatic pop-up menu as in illustration 22) doesn’t affect the overall formatting of your table.
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You insert a '''Table''' under the menu '''Table › Insert › Table'''. You will be asked to determine the number of '''Columns''' and
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the number of '''Rows'''. You can always add or remove columns and rows using the green and red buttons as shown in illustration
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27. You can vary the width of the columns using the mouse pointer. To delete a table place your cursor inside it and choose menu '''Table › Delete › Table'''.
 
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'''Illustration 22: As long as your cursor remains inside the table, this little pop-up menu will keep you company. Clicking on the green bar inserts a new line'''
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'''Illustration 27: As long as your cursor remains inside the table, this little pop-up menu will keep you company. Clicking on the green bar inserts a new line'''
  
Other decisions which you can take are if you want the table to be “splittable” in case of a page break. Whereas it is advisable ''not'' to split very small tables containing only a few lines, you would in case of a table with a large number of lines want to '''Allow table to split across pages''' and columns so that it can flow over onto the following page. In this case you would also want the title line(s) to be repeated on each page by ticking the box next to '''Repeat Heading'''.
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In case your table contains too many lines to fit on the page you can give the programme permission to split it and move the bottom part onto the following page. On the other hand if it’s only a very small table containing just a few lines you probably would prefer not to split it but instead keep it in one piece. To set this behaviour right click anywhere in your table and choose '''Table'''. In the floating menu '''Text flow''' tick or untick '''Allow table to split across pages and columns'''. Here you can also decide to '''Repeat Heading''' on each page in which case you also need to define the number of lines your heading consists of.  
  
If you happen to insert a table you don’t need and want to delete it, just right click on it and choose the menu '''Table › Delete › Table'''.
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If your table contains too many columns to fit comfortably between the left and right margins you can either choose a '''Landscape''' page style instead of '''Portrait''' or place your table at the end of your thesis in the appendix using a larger paper size '''A3''' (again '''Landscape''' format if need be). (See section 16 on instructions for switching from one page style to another.)
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In order to insert a caption at the bottom of the table, simply right click your table and choose '''Caption'''. This '''Caption''' will be automatically numbered, making it easy to reference it and write “see table XY” (see section 23 on cross-references). Apart from your table of contents you can also opt for an index of your tables.
  
 
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'''Table 3. Source: http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Open-Source-ist-in-den-Unternehmen-angekommen-224504.html (Extract of survey carried out by the magazine Heise on the deployment of open source software based on 1312 valid records from 3500 companies asked to participate in the year 2009 – answers in percent)'''
 
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In order to insert a caption at the bottom of the table, simply right click it and choose '''Caption'''. This Caption will automatically be provided with an incremental number, making it easy to insert cross-references to it from other places in your text.
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You can also create tables without visible borders, for instance for your curriculum vitae (date in the left column, rest of text in the right column) or with column borders but no separating lines for excerpting.
  
You can also create tables without visible borders, for instance for your curriculum vitae (date in the left column, rest of text in the right column) or for the purpose of excerpting.
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If you want several adjacent columns to all be of the same width, mark them with the mouse and choose menu '''Table Autofit › Distribute columns evenly'''.
 
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If you want several adjacent columns to all be of the same width, mark them with the mouse, right click on the greyed out surface and choose '''Column Space equally'''.
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'''Illustration 23: Source: See table 3'''
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You insert a Table under the menu Table › Insert › Table. You will be asked to determine the number of Columns and the number of Rows. You can always add or remove columns and rows using the green and red buttons as shown in illustration 27. You can vary the width of the columns using the mouse pointer. To delete a table place your cursor inside it and choose menu Table › Delete › Table.

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Illustration 27: As long as your cursor remains inside the table, this little pop-up menu will keep you company. Clicking on the green bar inserts a new line

In case your table contains too many lines to fit on the page you can give the programme permission to split it and move the bottom part onto the following page. On the other hand if it’s only a very small table containing just a few lines you probably would prefer not to split it but instead keep it in one piece. To set this behaviour right click anywhere in your table and choose Table. In the floating menu Text flow tick or untick Allow table to split across pages and columns. Here you can also decide to Repeat Heading on each page in which case you also need to define the number of lines your heading consists of.

If your table contains too many columns to fit comfortably between the left and right margins you can either choose a Landscape page style instead of Portrait or place your table at the end of your thesis in the appendix using a larger paper size A3 (again Landscape format if need be). (See section 16 on instructions for switching from one page style to another.)

In order to insert a caption at the bottom of the table, simply right click your table and choose Caption. This Caption will be automatically numbered, making it easy to reference it and write “see table XY” (see section 23 on cross-references). Apart from your table of contents you can also opt for an index of your tables.

Branch Great importance Lesser Importance No Deployment
All branches 83,8 15,2 1
Education and Research 91,6 7,5 0,9
Software & Consulting 91 8 1
Telecommunications 89,6 9,1 1,3
Media & Marketing 83,3 16,7 0
Social & Welfare Departments 75 25 0
Administration 70,8 26,1 3,1
Banking & Insurance 69,7 27,3 3
Industry 67 31,9 1,1

Table 3. Source: http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Open-Source-ist-in-den-Unternehmen-angekommen-224504.html (Extract of survey carried out by the magazine Heise on the deployment of open source software based on 1312 valid records from 3500 companies asked to participate in the year 2009 – answers in percent)

You can also create tables without visible borders, for instance for your curriculum vitae (date in the left column, rest of text in the right column) or with column borders but no separating lines for excerpting.

If you want several adjacent columns to all be of the same width, mark them with the mouse and choose menu Table › Autofit › Distribute columns evenly.


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