Inserting and Formatting Tables in Box Notes

Inserting tables

To insert a table into your Box Note:

• Select the table icon from the top tool bar

• Click + from the left context menu and select Table

Box then displays the table in your Box Note.  You can now enter text into the table, and format the table to meet your needs

• If you add rows below a row that has specific justification and then add or paste content in those new rows, the content follows the justification of the row above.

Inserting tables from outside Box Notes

If you have a table from another source, you can copy that table and paste it into the Box Note. All structural formatting and content, including color of the cells, from the table remain the similar after you paste it. You can also copy a table from Box Notes and paste it into another source.

Formatting tables

Box provides two ways for you to format a table.  You can select from a variety of actions in a cell menu, or use the table's grid display to add or remove columns and rows.

When you click a cell:

• Box displays the cell menu icon in the cell's top-right corner. 
• Box displays the table in grid display with a shaded border and dots along the top and left sides of the table.

Using table menus

Accessing the table menu:

Click the ellispsis menu   on the following areas to view specific actions:

• All areas
  • Background Color
• Clear Cell(s)
• Row, Column, Table
  • Delete item
• Mulitple selected items (Drag and hold)
  • Merge items
• Side of Row 
  • Duplicate row
  • Insert above
  • Insert below
  • Distribute Columns
• Top of Column
  • Sort Column
    • Ascending
    • Descending
  • Make column header
  • Duplicate row
  • Merge cells
  • Insert left
  • Insert right
• Cell 
  • Insert above
  • Insert below
  • Insert left
  • Insert right
  • Delete row
  • Delete column

If you highlight the whole table:

• Background Color
• Distribute column
• Clear Cells
• Delete Table

Using the table’s grid display

Icons in the table’s grid display enable you to

• Insert a column to the left or right of a selected column
• Remove columns
• Insert a row above or below a selected row
• Remove rows

In contrast to the cell menu, which enables you to insert columns to the right and insert rows below, the table's grid display enables you to insert columns to both left and right, and insert rows both above and below.

To insert a column via the table’s grid display:

1. Click a cell where you want to insert the column.  At the top of the table, Box displays a dot above each of the column's borders.
2. To add a column to the left, hover on the dot above the column's left border.  To add a column to the right, hover on the dot above the column's right border.  Box displays a + icon.
3. Click +. 

To remove a column via the table’s grid display:

1. Click the top cell of the column you want to remove.  To select multiple columns, click then drag and release.  Box displays a shaded border along the top of the table.
2. Click the shaded border above the column.  Above the column, Box displays an x icon.
3. Click x.

To insert a row via the table’s grid display:

1. Click a cell in a row where you want to insert a new row.  On the table’s left side, Box displays a dot beside each of the row's borders.
2. To add a row above, hover on the dot beside the row's top border.  To add a row below, hover on the dot beside the row's bottom border.  Box displays a + icon.
3. Click +. 

To remove a row via the table’s grid display:

1. Click a cell in the row you want to remove.  To select multiple rows, click then drag and release.  Box displays a shaded border along the left side of the table.
2. Click the shaded border beside the row.  Beside the row, Box displays an x icon.
3. Click x.

To move a row or column

1. Hover over the top of the row or column to select it. 
2. Drag and drop the row or column above, below, to the right or left of a another row or column. 

Adjusting column width

Box enables you to select a column’s border, and then drag the border to the desired width. 

Box also Box enables you to equalize the widths of all columns in a table.

To adjust the width of a column:

1. Hover on a column’s border.  Box highlights the border.
2. Click and hold on the highlighted border.
3. Move your mouse left or right, then release.

To equalize all column widths:

1. Click in a cell.
2. In the top-right corner of the selected cell, click the menu icon.  Box displays a drop-down menu of formatting actions you can select.
3. In the drop-down menu, click Distribute columns evenly.