The Insert toolbar contains elements that can be inserted into a document.
These elements are divided into the following categories.
Pages
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| Page Break |
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Inserts a page break at the carriage position. A page break cannot occur within tables, lists, or document headers and footers. |
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| Table |
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Inserts a table with a specified number of rows and columns at the carriage position. To customize the table layout, use the commands available in the Table Tools: Design and Table Tools: Layout tabs. |
Illustrations
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| Inline Picture |
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Inserts an inline picture at the carriage position. In a document, the inline picture behaves like an ordinary text symbol. |
| Picture |
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Inserts a picture into a document. You can adjust the picture's outline, wrap text, position, and order using commands from the Picture Tools: Format tab. |
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| Bar Code |
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Inserts a bar code at the carriage position. After adding a bar code, specify its symbology, data binding and other options using the Properties command in the Data Tools: Field tab. |
| Check Box |
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Inserts a check box at the carriage position (e.g., to display Boolean values from a data source). To customize the check box state or bind it to external data, use the Properties command in the Data Tools: Field tab. |
| Chart |
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Inserts a chart at the carriage position. |
| Sparkline |
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Inserts a sparkline at the carriage position. |
| Row Index |
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Inserts a row index at the carriage position. |
Links
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| Bookmark |
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Invokes the Bookmark dialog to add a new bookmark at the carriage position, or navigate to an existing bookmark. |
| Hyperlink |
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Invokes the Insert Hyperlink dialog to create a hyperlink and specify its text, screen tip and destination. A hyperlink's destination may be a web page, file, or specific position within a document. |
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| Header |
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Allows editing the page header. In a published document, the content added to the header will appear at the top of each page. To quickly switch to this mode, double-click the page header area. To quit page header editing, press ESC, double click the document area, or click Close Header and Footer on the Header & Footer tab. To make the first page header display unique content, or make odd- and even-numbered pages carry different headers, use the options available on the Header and Footer Tools: Design tab. |
| Footer |
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Activates the page footer edit mode. In a published document, the content added to the footer will appear at the bottom of each page. To quickly switch to this mode, double-click the page footer area. To quit page footer editing, press ESC, double click the document area, or click Close Header and Footer on the Header & Footer tab. To make the first page footer display unique content, or make odd- and even-numbered pages carry different footers, use the options available on the Header and Footer Tools: Design tab. |
| Page Number |
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Inserts the number of the current page at the carriage position. The page statistics can only be added to a page header or footer. |
| Page Count |
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Inserts the total page count at the carriage position. The page statistics can only be added to a page header or footer. |
Text
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| Text Box |
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Inserts a text box into a document. A text box is a floating container that is capable of displaying virtually any kind of content (including the most elaborate lists), posing no restrictions on its size and location within a document. |
Symbols
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| Symbol |
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Invokes the Symbol dialog, to insert characters that are not available on the keyboard. |