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Step 1 - What are Cell Margins ?

Tables do not have any margins as such but each cell does have internal margins.

You can use the internal margins to help align and indent you table content.

The cell margins can be easily overwritten for individual cells.

It is not possible to apply a fill colour to a table that contains cells with different margins.

If you want to have a table with a fill colour that contains cells with different margins you must apply the fill colour first.

Step 2- Adjusting the Cell Margins

You can specify the internal margins using the (Table > Borders and Fill)(Textbox tab).

The margins displayed below are the default margins.

If you want to change the margins for individual cells these must be selected before you display the dialog box.

Step 3 - Things to Remember

By default there is a 1 point border around each cell.