Tables

Add Column To Table .pptx

Adds a new empty column to an existing table.

When to use it: to extend a table with an extra column after it has been created.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, nothing happens. When Insert at number is -1 or beyond the last column, the new column is added at the end; otherwise it is inserted before the given position. A new empty cell is added to every row.

Add Row To Table .pptx

Adds a new empty row to an existing table.

When to use it: to extend a table with an extra row after it has been created.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, nothing happens. When Insert at number is -1 or beyond the last row, the new row is added at the end; otherwise it is inserted before the given position. The new row is given as many empty cells as the table has columns.

Apply Table Style .pptx

Applies a predefined visual style to a table and toggles its emphasis options.

When to use it: to give a table a professional look in one step, choosing whether the header row, banded rows, and first column stand out.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, nothing happens. The Style GUID identifies one of the built-in presentation table styles; the default is a common neutral style. Any style previously applied is replaced.

Delete Column From Table .pptx

Removes a column from an existing table.

When to use it: to drop a column that is no longer needed.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, or the Column number is out of range, nothing happens. The column is removed from the table’s grid and the matching cell is removed from every row.

Delete Row From Table .pptx

Removes a row from an existing table.

When to use it: to drop a row that is no longer needed.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, or the Row number is out of range, nothing happens.

Delete Table .pptx

Removes a table from a slide.

When to use it: to replace a table with a newly built one, or to drop it from the final presentation.

Important behavior: the name is required; with it empty the instruction does nothing. An object with that name that is not a table (a chart, for instance) is not touched.

Format Cell .pptx

Sets the fill color and border of a single table cell.

When to use it: to highlight a cell with a background color, or to add or remove its borders.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, or the row/column is out of range, nothing happens. Any existing fill and borders on the cell are replaced. When No border is Yes, no borders are drawn; otherwise all four sides get the given color and thickness. When Fill color is empty, the cell is left transparent (no fill); otherwise it is filled with that color.

Format Cell Text .pptx

Formats the text already written in one cell of a table: bold, italic, underline, color, typeface, and size.

When to use it: to highlight the header row or a figure after filling the table with Set Cell Content. Format Cell paints the cell itself — fill and borders; this one is about the text inside it.

Important behavior: the format travels with the text, so a cell with no text yet has nothing to format — write it first with Set Cell Content. Every attribute left empty (or 0) is left as it is, so several calls stack up. If several tables on the slide share the name, all of them are formatted; a slide, table, row, or column that doesn’t exist is not an error: the instruction does nothing.

Insert Table .pptx

Inserts a new, empty table onto a slide.

When to use it: to add a grid of rows and columns to a slide, ready to be filled with Set Cell Content.

Important behavior: if Rows or Columns is 0 or less, nothing happens. The total width and height are split evenly across the columns and rows. The new table starts with the header row and banded (alternating) rows turned on. Give the table a distinct Table name if you plan to create more than one on the same slide.

Iterate Rows .pptx

Publishes the rows of a table on a slide into a variable, so a For Each can walk them one by one.

When to use it: to read a table that is already on a slide and do something per row.

If several tables on the slide share the name, the turns come from the first one: a loop cannot walk two tables at once (unlike the formatting instructions, which do apply to all of them).

Important behavior: the turns are a copy taken when the instruction runs: what the loop walks does not change if the body edits the document. To leave a result back in the row, write it by position — the Index of the For Each feeds the “(from variable)” field of the writing instruction. In this format that instruction is Set Cell Content, whose Row number (from variable) takes the loop’s index.

Merge Cells .pptx

Merges a rectangular block of cells into a single cell.

When to use it: to create a header spanning several columns, or to join cells into one larger area.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, or the start row or column is negative, nothing happens. The top-left cell of the block spans the whole range; the covered cells are merged into it and their contents are cleared. The default range (0,0 to 0,1) merges the first two cells of the top row.

Set Cell Content .pptx

Writes text into a single table cell, with a font size, color, and bold option.

When to use it: to fill in a table’s cells after inserting the table.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, or the row/column is out of range, nothing happens. Any existing text in the cell is replaced by the new text. An empty Font color leaves the text with the theme’s text color.

Set Column Width Or Row Height .pptx

Sets the width of a column, the height of a row, or both, in a table.

When to use it: to make a specific column wider or a specific row taller after the table is created.

Important behavior: if no table with that name is found, nothing happens. The two axes work the same way as everywhere else in the app: -1 in an index means “every one” (every column, every row) and -1 in a measurement means “leave that one as it is”. So to resize only columns, set Row height to -1; to make every column the same width, leave Column number at -1. With the default values the instruction sets every column to 4 cm and every row to 1.5 cm. If the chosen index is beyond the table’s range, that change is skipped.