Learn Proseport · Lesson 5 of 11 · 5 min

Tables and the table editor

Write Markdown tables, then sort, align and rearrange them in a spreadsheet-like editor.

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1. A table by hand

   Separate cells with | and put a line of dashes under the header row:
   | Name | Role |
| --- | --- |
| Ada | Engineer |

2. Open the table editor

   Put the cursor inside a table and press ⇧⌥⌘T (or choose Format ▸ Table Editor…). With the cursor outside a table, the same command inserts a new one.

3. Edit like a spreadsheet

   Type into cells, add or delete rows and columns, and move them with ⌥ and the arrow keys. Set each column's alignment and sort rows A→Z or Z→A.

4. Tidy the source

   Format ▸ Format Table lines up the pipes so the Markdown is easy to read.

5. Paste from a spreadsheet

   Copy a block of cells in Excel or Numbers, click a cell in the table editor and paste. The cells fill the grid from there.

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