# Tables in Entries

MacJournal can display tables of information inside an entry's text. A table is an arrangement of snippets of text in a grid with rows and columns. You can add as many rows and columns as you want to the table.

To add a table, use the "Table" menu item in the Format menu. That will add a table and show the Table window to let you configure it. By default, the table will have three columns and two rows, however this can be changed in the Table window with the Rows and Columns fields. Make sure that the text insertion point is inside the table somewhere before trying to change any aspect of the table.

If you select the text in two adjacent cells of the table (a cell is any block of text in the table, the intersection of a row and a column), you can use the "Merge Cells" button to merge those two cells into a single cell that spans more than one column or row. The border between those cells will disappear and the text can go the full width of the cell. Similarly, you can split one of these merged cells back into two cells with the "Split Cell" button. The "Nest Table" button will add a whole additional table inside of the cell that you currently have selected.

The remaining controls in the Table window will allow you to customize the selected cells appearance. You can change the justification of the text in those cells (both horizontal justification and vertical). You can also change the border around that cell and the background color.

To resize a column or row, hold the mouse pointer over a border line and you can drag the line to make the area bigger or smaller.

To remove the table, select all the text in the Table and press the Delete key.

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