Table Cells

A cell is a single box in the table grid. The cell is very similar to a cell in microsoft excel. Each cell may contain its own set of data.

Selecting a Cell

You may select a single cell in the table by simply clicking on it once with the left mouse button.

The cell will become highlighted. When the cell is highlighted, it is "selected".

You may select a number of connected cells in the grid.

1. Simply click and hold the mouse button on the cell in the corner of the group of cells you wish to select. While continuing to hold down the mouse button, move the mouse until the cell in the opposite corner of the block of data that you wish to select is highlighted. To confirm this selection, simply release the mouse button.
2. select the cell in the corner of the group of cells you wish to select,then hold down the shift key, use arrow key to select until the cell in the opposite corner of the block of data that you wish to select is highlighted.

You are now ready to cut or copy the selection.

Entering Text

You will find that entering text in table is very similar to entering text in microsoft excel. To enter text in a cell (the box that the text goes in), you must first select it by clicking on it once with your mouse.

Pressing any character on the keyboard will begin editing of the cell. Simply type the information into the cell that you want. While you are editing a cell, a cursor (blinking line) will appear to show you the insertion point. A cell may contain an unlimited amount of information.

If you wish to return to any previous character to insert more text, simply use the right and left arrow keys on the keyboard. If you wish to delete characters in the cell to the right of the cursor, press the Delete key on your keyboard. If you wish to delete characters to the left of the cursor, press the Backspace key located just above Enter on the keyboard.

To finalize changes to a cell and to exit the edit mode, simply press the Enter key. The cell below the one you were editing will become highlighted. you may also just click on a different cell to finalize changes and move directly to a cell that is not connected.

Cut, Copy and Paste

Like microsoft excel, Label Spirit allows many cut and paste features that make data entry and manipulation much easier. These functions work much like other programs, so you should be able to pick them up very easily.