Editing table text
Two important things to know about editing text within tables are how to navigate between cells and how to select text for formatting. As always when working with text, you must first select the Text Content tool 
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Navigating through a table works as follows:
- Click in a cell in which you want to enter or import text.
- Press Control+Tab to move to the next cell.
- Press Control+Shift+Tab to go back to the previous cell.
- Press the arrow keys to move through the text in a cell, and to move from cell to cell.
Note: To enter a tab character in a text cell, press Tab. To enter a right-indent tab, press Option+Tab/Shift+Tab. If you need to align numbers within a table on the decimal point or other character, you can insert tabs in each table cell and then specify the appropriate Align On tab stops (Style > Tabs).
Selecting text in rows and columns works as follows:
- To select all the text in a row, click outside the right or left edge of the table.
- To select all the text in a column, click outside the top or bottom edge of the table.
- To select all the text over several rows or columns, drag along an edge of the table.
- To select text in nonadjacent rows or columns, Shift+click the specific rows or columns.
- To select text in various rows and columns, use the options in the Select submenu of the Table menu. Options include Cell, Row, Odd Rows, Even Rows, Column, Odd Columns, Even Columns, All Cells, Header Rows, Footer Rows, and Body Rows. The Select commands in the Table menu are helpful for applying different formatting to alternating rows or columns.
Parent topic: Working with tables