Table Features Supported on FlatOPC Import

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A table is comprised of rows and cells and is used to display data in a grid-like layout.

Aspose.Words supports imports of tables from all loaded formats including Microsoft Word, Open Office and HTML documents.

A table is represented in Aspose.Words by a Table node. Each row of the table is represented by a separate Row node. Likewise, each cell of the row is represented by a Cell node. Each node type has it’s own formatting properties which control the table’s appearance and behaviour.

• The table contains the properties for controlling the formatting of a table as a whole.
• Each Row provides a RowFormat object which contains the properties that control formatting for that particular row.
• Each Cell has a CellFormat object which provides properties to control the formatting of each cell.

Using Aspose.Words you can access and modify all features and formatting of a table along with creating new tables and removing existing ones from the document.

Note that some elements of a table may be wrapped with Markup nodes such as CustomXmlMarkup or StructuredDocumentTag nodes.

See the following links in the documentation for further information:

• Working with Tables
• Table

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Table

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Nested Tables	Yes
Right To Left Tables	Yes		- Table.Bidi
Table Style	Yes	Table styles are supported in the model and during conversion. A table style can be applied or removed from tables. Only in-built or table styles already in the document can be applied - there is currently no support for creating new table styles.	- Working with Table Styles - Table.Style - Table.StyleIdentifier
Conditional Formatting Style	Yes		- Table.StyleOptions
Table Alignment	Yes		- Table.Alignment
Table Indent	Yes		- Table.LeftIndent
Allow AutoFit	Yes		- Table.AllowAutoFit
Default Cell Margins	Yes		- Table.LeftPadding - Table.RightPadding - Table.BottomPadding - Table.TopPadding
Default Cell Spacing	Yes		- Table.CellSpacing
Preferred Table Width	Yes	Preferred width on the table can be set to absolute (points), relative (per cent) or auto setting.	- Table.PreferredWidth
Table Shading	Yes		- Table.SetShading
Hidden	Yes	There is currently no API to access or modify this property on Table or Row.

Floating Tables

Floating tables are supported during import and export. However, there is currently no API to access or modify the floating position of a table.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Floating Tables	Yes

Table Borders

Table borders are stored in the rows of the table. This mimics the structure of an OOXML document.

If you try to set borders or shading on a table without any rows then an exception will be thrown. Add at least one row first.

See the following links in the documentation for further information:

• Table.SetBorders
• Table.ClearBorders
• RowFormat.Borders

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Table Borders	Yes

Rows

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Allow Break Across Pages	Yes		- Keeping Tables and Rows from Breaking across Pages   - RowFormat.AllowBreakAcrossPages
Repeat as Header Row	Yes		- Specifying Rows to Repeat on Subsequent Pages as Header Rows - RowFormat.HeadingFormat
Height	Yes		- RowFormat.Height
Height Rule	Yes		- RowFormat.HeightRule

Cells

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Cell Margins	Yes		- CellFormat.TopPadding - CellFormat.BottomPadding - CellFormat.LeftPadding - CellFormat.RightPadding
Borders	Yes		- CellFormat.Borders
Shading	Yes		- CellFormat.Shading
Wrap Text	Yes		- CellFormat.WrapText
Fit Text	Yes		- CellFormat.FitText
Preferred Width	Yes		- CellFormat.PreferredWidth
Merged Horizontally	Yes		- Working with Merged Cells - CellFormat.HorizontalMerge
Merged Vertically	Yes		- CellFormat.VerticalMerge
Vertical Alignment	Yes		- CellFormat.VerticalAlignment
Text Direction	Yes		- CellFormat.Orientation