Tables

Add Column .docx

Inserts a new empty column to the left or right of an existing column, or at the end of the table.

When to use it: to widen a table with an extra column without rebuilding it.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. A Column number of -1 (the default) appends the new column at the end, ignoring Position. With a Column number of 1 or more, the column goes to the left or the right of it, as chosen. Add Row uses this same index + position model, with Above and Below instead of Left and Right.

Add Row .docx

Inserts a new empty row above or below an existing row, or at the end of the table.

When to use it: to append a new record to a table, or to insert a row in the middle.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. The new row copies the column count and column widths of the table’s first row. A Row number of -1 (the default) appends the row at the end, ignoring Position; so does asking for Below the last row. This is the same index + position model as Add Column — the two instructions are twins, with Above/Below here and Left/Right there.

Align Cell Content .docx

Sets the horizontal and vertical alignment of the content in one cell or in every cell of the table.

When to use it: to center headings, right-align numbers, or vertically center the text in cells.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. An out-of-range Row number (for row/cell) or Column number (for column/cell) does nothing. An unrecognized Horizontal value falls back to left, and an unrecognized Vertical value to top.

Apply Background Color .docx

Fills the background of one cell or of every cell in the table with a color.

When to use it: to shade a header row, or to color a single cell for emphasis.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. An out-of-range Row number (for row/cell) or Column number (for column/cell) does nothing. The color may be written with or without a leading #. An empty Color applies nothing.

Apply Borders .docx

Applies borders to the whole table or to a single cell, with a chosen line style, thickness, and color.

When to use it: to add or restyle the grid lines of a table, or to outline one cell.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. With Target table the borders apply to all four outer sides plus the inner grid lines; with row, column, or cell the four sides are set on each affected cell (an out-of-range row or column does nothing). An unrecognized Style falls back to single. The color may be written with or without a leading #.

Apply Table Style .docx

Assigns a built-in table style to the table by its style ID.

When to use it: to give a table a ready-made look (banded rows, shading, borders) in one step.

Important behavior: if Style ID is empty, or the table does not exist, nothing happens.

The style has to exist in the document. A document this workflow creates carries no style definitions at all, so naming TableGrid writes the reference and leaves the table as it was. Define it first with Create Style .docx, or bring the styles of another file with Copy Styles From Document .docx; a document opened from disk already carries its own. When the style is missing the run says so, naming the styles the document does have, and validate warns before running.

Delete Column .docx

Removes a column from a table by its position number.

When to use it: to drop a column you no longer need.

Important behavior: if the table or the column does not exist, nothing happens. If Save column count in is filled, the number of columns remaining is stored under that name (the same way Add Column reports it).

Delete Row .docx

Removes a row from a table by its position number.

When to use it: to delete a specific record from a table.

Important behavior: if the table or the row does not exist, nothing happens. If Save row count in is filled, the number of rows remaining is stored under that name (the same way Add Row reports it).

Delete Table .docx

Removes an entire table from the document by its position number.

When to use it: to delete a whole table.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens.

Fit Table .docx

Resizes the table to fit its content or to fill the space between the page margins.

When to use it: to shrink a table to just what its content needs, or to stretch it to the full width of the page.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. Any Mode other than content is treated as margin.

Format Cell Text .docx

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 total after filling the table with Set Table Cell. The formatting instructions of Text content pick the text by searching for it in the whole document; this one points at the cell by its position, like the rest of the table instructions.

Important behavior: the format travels with the text, so a cell with no text yet has nothing to format — write it first with Set Table Cell, which keeps the formatting of what was already there. Every attribute left empty (or 0) is left as it is, so several calls stack up instead of resetting one another. A table, row, or column that doesn’t exist is not an error: the instruction simply does nothing.

Insert Table .docx

Creates a new empty table with the given number of rows and columns.

When to use it: to add a fresh table to the document, either after a specific paragraph or at the end.

Important behavior: Rows and Columns are each treated as at least 1. If Search text is empty, or no paragraph contains it, the table is added at the end of the document. The new table starts with single-line borders on all sides.

Iterate Rows .docx

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

When to use it: to read a table that is already in the document — totalling a column, copying its rows elsewhere, or deciding something per row.

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 Table Cell, whose Row number (from variable) takes the loop’s index — remember that with a header row the first turn is row 2 of the table.

Merge Cells .docx

Merges a rectangular block of cells into one.

When to use it: to create a heading cell that spans several columns, or to join cells vertically.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. Start row and Start column are treated as at least 1. Cells are merged across columns within each row and, when the block spans several rows, down the rows as well.

Prevent Row Page Break .docx

Keeps a row from being split in two by a page break: if it does not fit on the page, the whole row moves to the next one.

When to use it: when a table falls across a page break and a row is left cut in half, or to keep a totals row whole at the end of a report.

Important behavior: if the table or the row does not exist, nothing happens. This does not keep the table together — each row is protected on its own, so a table longer than the page still continues on the next one, only without cutting a row through the middle. It is the word processor that decides where the page ends, so the effect is only visible once the document is opened.

Set Column Width .docx

Sets the width, in centimeters, of one column or of every column in the table.

When to use it: to give columns a specific width, or to make all columns the same width.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. A Column number of -1 applies the width to every column.

Set Header Row .docx

Marks the first rows of a table as header rows that repeat at the top of every page the table spans.

When to use it: for long tables that break across pages, so the column headings reappear on each page.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. The count is capped at the number of rows in the table. Rows beyond the header count have any previous header mark removed.

Set Row Height .docx

Sets the height, in centimeters, of one row or of every row in the table.

When to use it: to make rows taller for readability, or to fix an exact row height.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, nothing happens. A Row number of -1 applies the height to every row. Any Height type other than exact is treated as atLeast.

Set Table Cell .docx

Writes the text of one cell of a table.

When to use it: to fill in a table. Insert Table creates the table empty, so this is the instruction that puts content in it — one cell at a time, usually inside a For Each.

Important behavior: the text given replaces everything the cell had. An empty text is not ignored: it empties the cell, because in a cell the text is the content (the same as Write Cell Value in a spreadsheet). The formatting of the text that was in the cell — bold, font, color — is kept and applied to the new text, and so is the alignment set with Align Cell Content. A table, row or column that doesn’t exist is not an error: the instruction simply does nothing.

Sort Table Rows .docx

Sorts the rows of a table by the text in one column, keeping a chosen number of header rows fixed at the top.

When to use it: to order a table alphabetically or numerically by one of its columns.

Important behavior: if the table does not exist, or Header rows is equal to or greater than the number of rows, nothing happens. The order is chosen from the column’s first non-blank value: a number sorts by value (so 9 comes before 10), a date by date, and anything else as text ignoring upper/lower case. The result never depends on the language settings of the computer running the workflow.

Split Cell .docx

Splits a single cell into several cells, either across columns or down into new rows.

When to use it: to divide one cell into two or more, for example to break a merged cell back apart.

Important behavior: if the table, row, or cell does not exist, nothing happens. Parts is treated as at least 2. With columns, the cell’s width is divided among the new cells; with rows, new rows are added below and the other columns are joined vertically to keep the table aligned.