Editing tables on screen

Editing tables on screen

When the Table option is selected from the File/New dialogue, a window is created with the standard set of graphical tools which function as desribed below. The drawing pane of the window contains an array of empty cells, similar to a blank spreadsheet window.

Table FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

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The Pen tool

A table is a rectangle of filled cells. You can set its size at any time with the 'Set table size' menu command. Providing your entries make a filled rectangular array, empty rows and columns don't matter.
The top row of a table gives factor names. Each row underneath gives one decision case. The rightmost column entry gives the outcome (classification or decision) for that row.
Click on a cell to type the text of an entry. Click the green tick or hit Return to accept the entry. Alternatively, use a shifted arrow key to directly select any adjacent cell.
Text is not case-sensitive anywhere in InterModeller. This means that two fragments of text that differ only in case are regarded as identical.
Use the asterisk (*) as a 'don't care' or 'wildcard' value.

The Eraser tool

To delete any cell entry, click in the cell.
To reverse an erasure, immediately select the 'Undo' command.
To delete a block of cells at a time, drag (widely) around the block.

The Arrow tool

This tool is used in conjunction with 'Edit' menu commands to copy and paste data within the window, or even between different table windows.