The rows are mashed up and everything looks dense. To add some space, open the Chart Properties and go to the Presentation tab. At the bottom right, check the box ‘Wrap Cell Text’.
Bam! You have a table that feels much lighter:
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Give your rows breathing space
This tip is about as easy as it gets, but it’s a great way to improve the look, feel and usability of your tables, especially if they only have a few rows. When you create a table, the default is to get something like:
The rows are mashed up and everything looks dense. To add some space, open the Chart Properties and go to the Presentation tab. At the bottom right, check the box ‘Wrap Cell Text’.
Bam! You have a table that feels much lighter:
The rows are mashed up and everything looks dense. To add some space, open the Chart Properties and go to the Presentation tab. At the bottom right, check the box ‘Wrap Cell Text’.
Bam! You have a table that feels much lighter:
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Hey, you showed me once how to do a line height of say, 1.5 somehow... How do you do that?
ReplyDeleteOpen Properties, then go to the Dimensions tab. Underneath the Label box, click 'Advanced'. It will open a new window where you can check Spacing.
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