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Table Header

Most tables found in documents have headers: the top part which has the names of the table columns. In , you can mark a table's header - or, if you wish, will mark the header for you (if possible) - and then use those headers for various purposes.
To mark a header for a table the has none, just select any part of the table, and click on the Table Header button found in the Table toolbar, or select the Use Table Header command from the Table menu. The first row of the table will be converted into a header:

You can then change the header size by dragging the top or bottom of the header.

If you wish to remove the table's header, just select any part of the table and click on the same button or command - the header will be removed by adding the header area back into the table itself:

If the Mark table header when created option is set on the Conversion Settings page, will try to find the header automatically when you mark a table. If a header is found, it will be marked as such when you finish marking the table. For this to work, you will have to include the header when marking the table area.

The header is more then just a mark; it is used to automatically give names to the table columns, and as a base for finding the table on other pages. Lets look at these uses one at a time.

When you mark a header for a table, assumes that the text inside it is actually the headings of the columns. Each column will have a heading created from the text found directly above it.
If you wish the change the headings, you can edit them by selecting a column and using the Edit Column Header command from the Selection menu.
You can, however, choose to ignore the headings by clearing the Convert table column names option found in the Output settings page.

The second (more advanced) use of a table header is to find it in other pages.
If the table can only be found at some of the pages of the document, or if it can be found at a different location in other pages (for example, in some pages it starts at a lower location then in other pages), you can use the Find Table Using the Header command from the Table menu (after selecting any part of the table) to have find the table on each page by looking for the header. If the header is not found in a page, the table will not be visible on it (and will not be converted); if it is found, then the table will be put directly under it, just as it is in the page it was marked at. For example, consider those two pages from the same document:

The location of the table in the first page is lower then in the second. Using the Find Table Using the Header command will allow to match the table correctly in both cases.
Note that in some cases, tables that are found in varying locations on different pages also have differing lengths. can help you handle such a scenario too, by automatically finding the table's end.