Add a table

Role: all editing roles

How to add and format an accessible table.

Related information

Text component

How to edit

Add a table

Add a text component
Insert a table of your desired rows and columns (Fig. 1)

Table toolbar

Click anywhere in the table to display the table toolbar:

editing toolbar for table inserted into text component

Toolbar icons from left to right:
- Header column
- Header row
- Merge and split
- Toggle caption on
- Cell properties
- Table properties

Toolbar options

Header column menu on table toolbar

Header row menu on table toolbar

merge and split cell menu on table toolbar

Toggle caption on enter text field on table toolbar

cell properties on table toolbar

table properties on table toolbar

Fig. 1 insert table icon

Add a header row

Place the cursor on the top row to display the toolbar for the table
Select the icon for Header row and toggle on Header row (Fig. 2)
The preview page immediately changes to show the blue-filled header row

create header row in edited text component table

Fig. 2 creating a header row

Changes may have been made to enhance this feature since we last updated this page. See What’s new for the latest release information.

Last updated: 4 March 2026