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Can I add a text box on a table in Pages? I designed a table, but I need to put a text box that will overlap two columns, as they share the same info for a particular row. Can I add a text box on top of a table that will overlap one column with another?
MacBook Air (2020 or later)
You can put a text box in front of the tale, and resize the table to match the size of the two cells, BUT
If you moved the table, the box would need to be moved separately to keep it in the same location wrt the table.
Merging the two cells does keep the cell and its text in the table, solving the two issues mentioned above, but the cell merge itself adds a couple of possible issues with sorting the rows of the table and applying filters to the table.
An alternate to the user merging those cells is to change one item in the text format for that cell to let Numbers do it automatically.
Select the cell (A2 in the exmple, then in the (cell) Format Inspector, click to uncheck the box indicated by the red arrow below:
With this box unchecked for cell A2, 'extra' text will run through the border and into B2, provided B2 is empty.
Sorting the table column D, ascending, will place the rows in ascending order determined by the random values in D:
Sorting ascending on column C will return the table to its original order.
The selection rectangle in the image above is on a different cell as I had moved it before doing the re-sort. Had I sorted with the "text overlapping…" entry, that cell would be in the location shown (A2) and still selected.
Note that when not selected, the cell border between A2 and B2 is not displayed, even though the cells are not merged.
Regards,
Barry
You can put a text box in front of the tale, and resize the table to match the size of the two cells, BUT
If you moved the table, the box would need to be moved separately to keep it in the same location wrt the table.
Merging the two cells does keep the cell and its text in the table, solving the two issues mentioned above, but the cell merge itself adds a couple of possible issues with sorting the rows of the table and applying filters to the table.
An alternate to the user merging those cells is to change one item in the text format for that cell to let Numbers do it automatically.
Select the cell (A2 in the exmple, then in the (cell) Format Inspector, click to uncheck the box indicated by the red arrow below:
With this box unchecked for cell A2, 'extra' text will run through the border and into B2, provided B2 is empty.
Sorting the table column D, ascending, will place the rows in ascending order determined by the random values in D:
Sorting ascending on column C will return the table to its original order.
The selection rectangle in the image above is on a different cell as I had moved it before doing the re-sort. Had I sorted with the "text overlapping…" entry, that cell would be in the location shown (A2) and still selected.
Note that when not selected, the cell border between A2 and B2 is not displayed, even though the cells are not merged.
Regards,
Barry
TCCG wrote:
overlap two columns, as they share the same info for a particular row.
Have you consider merging cells? Select the cells in the two column, the option-click and choose Merge Cells from the contextual menu. Then you can add text that will "overlap."
SG
Adding text box on a table in Pages
