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title: How Do I Add Tables to Readings?
description:   1. From the hamburger menu, Click &quot;Create New Reading&quot;      2. You can add tables to Reading by clicking the Table icon.      3. You can select the numbers of rows and columns to add a customized ta
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# How Do I Add Tables to Readings?

 

1\. From the hamburger menu, Click "Create New Reading"

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/04937573-dd0d-453f-9b43-1bae4bd19bb5/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=908,487&br_px=1768,968&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=402,355)

 

2\. You can add tables to Reading by clicking the Table icon.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/6d7f2d6f-a61c-4cef-80dc-0e040274d01e/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=562,80&br_px=1422,561&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=402,212)

 

3\. You can select the numbers of rows and columns to add a customized table to the Reading.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/3fdbd38f-86ec-4b41-a0d3-906c1775a25a/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=774,176&br_px=1634,657&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=402,212)

 

4\. Edit the table properties by clicking this icon.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/6d34700d-ebd9-4123-a9c0-8c69f2069b6e/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=353,245&br_px=1213,726&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=402,212)

 

5\. You can edit General or Advanced Table Properties. General properties include: Table Width and Height, Cell Spacing, Padding, Border width, and alignment.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-09/e7684db9-cecc-4b09-b020-7a129e0dc9dc/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,0&br_px=506,375&force_format=png&width=860)

 

6\. Advance Table Properties include: Border style, Border and Background color.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-09/74e941a5-7084-4702-8202-303660ff6afe/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,0&br_px=504,393&force_format=png&width=860)

 

7\. You can remove the Table by clicking the Remove button.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/896e217d-a972-4b0b-b41a-8d520ef9b4b4/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,0&br_px=850,353&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=277,196)

 

8\. Remember that Undo/Redo buttons are also available for Tables.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/051a7962-0461-48d4-99cb-59fe9a5ab2c4/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=7,0&br_px=867,360&force_format=png&width=860)

 

9\. You can add new rows to the table by clicking the add new rows buttons.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/df7c4b27-b5c7-4df9-9d3e-d1c18b48dcaa/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,0&br_px=860,348&force_format=png&width=860)

 

10\. In order to remove a row completely, click the remove row button.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/4b65dde3-8b14-4511-b0ff-57c7b02946cf/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=33,0&br_px=892,356&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=408,252)

 

11\. You can add new columns to the table by clicking the add new columns buttons.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/26bd4d34-c9b9-4ec1-939c-fca16a210fcc/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,0&br_px=854,355&force_format=png&width=860)

 

12\. In order to remove a column from the table, click the remove column button.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/b365ff56-cad5-41f9-9248-2144b1e414a2/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=5,0&br_px=865,362&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=529,224)

 

13\. To edit cell properties, just click on tables, then Cell, and Cell Properties.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/69b911c0-06dc-4c4f-aa8e-927033f259dd/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=9,0&br_px=869,344&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=622,108)

 

14\. You can edit Cell Properties including: Cell Width, Height, Cell Type, Scope, Horizontal and Vertical align.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-09/b163d59f-25f4-4596-b718-0d58a28d69ed/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,17&br_px=542,497&force_format=png&width=860)

 

15\. You can merge the cells by selecting the cells to merge and clicking Merge cells on the cell menu.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/2d0736d6-86d8-4bf0-be7c-05f4b0cfc66a/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,0&br_px=853,351&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=617,155)

 

16\. All changes are visible on the preview frame. You can click on the preview frame to see the latest changes made to the reading.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-09/3de82e6e-c2fe-4989-a56c-6f05268d2ffd/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=0,0&br_px=1238,451&force_format=png&width=1120.0)

 

17\. You can split the cell content by selecting the cell to split and clicking Split cell.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/6345ebf3-0e6e-431a-81a5-7fc582cca7a1/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=723,212&br_px=1583,693&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=402,212)

 

18\. Remember to click Create or Update in order to save the changes made to the Reading.

 

![](https://ajeuwbhvhr.cloudimg.io/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2024-02-15/e933693e-a5a3-4a03-8ba1-587204fcf5b2/user_cropped_screenshot.jpeg?tl_px=823,462&br_px=1683,943&force_format=png&width=860&wat_scale=76&wat=1&wat_opacity=1&wat_gravity=northwest&wat_url=https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/images/watermarks/EAB308_standard.png&wat_pad=402,212)

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