Inserting and Formatting Tables in Box Notes

Inserting tables

To insert a table into your Box Note, in the toolbar at the top of the page, click the table icon.

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. 

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 from the table remains the same 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 the cell menu

The cell menu enables you to

• Apply titles to rows and columns
• Insert a column to the right of a selected column
• Insert a row below a selected row
• Remove columns
• Remove rows
• Equalize the widths of columns
• Merge selected cells
• Split selected cells
• Clear a cell

To access the cell menu:

1. Click a cell where you want to perform a formatting action.  To select multiple rows or multiple columns, click then drag and release.
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 the action you want to perform.

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.

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.