Create a Table

Create a Table
Instead of creating tables manually using individual lines and text objects, you can automate the
process by creating a table object. Once you create a table, you enter text or add blocks to the
table cells.
Note: Before you begin the tutorial, if you have not already done so, copy the Tutorials folder
from the Destination Desktop CD-Rom to My Documents.
You create a table from the Draw toolbar. Then, you enter a title and column headers.
1. If you have not already done so, copy the Tutorials folder from CD-Rom to My
Documents.
2. In AutoCAD, open My Documents/Tutorials/8th Floor Power.dwg.
You want to create a legend for the electrical symbols used in the drawing. Instead of
manually arranging individual lines, blocks, and text to create the legend, you create a
table object.
3. On the Draw toolbar, click Table.
4. In the Insert Table dialog box, under Insertion Behavior, make sure that Specify an
Insertion Point is selected.
5. Under Column & Row Settings, set the number of columns to two, and the number of
data rows to one.
6. Click OK to close the Insert Table dialog box.
7. Click in the drawing where you want to place the table.
The Text Formatting toolbar is displayed, and the title row of the table is selected.
8. In the title row of the table, enter LEGEND, and then press TAB.
The first column header row is now selected. Pressing TAB selects the next table cell.
9. In the first column header row, enter SYMBOL, and then press TAB.
The second column header row is now selected.
10. In the second column header, enter DESCRIPTION, and then click outside the able to
close the Text Formatting toolbar.