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Tables, Headers & Page Setup

2 min readUpdated Mar 25, 2026

Tables

Insert a Table

Use the toolbar's table button to insert a table. Specify rows and columns, or let AI create one:

Press K and type "insert a 3x4 table with headers for Name, Date, and Amount" — the AI creates it with formatting.

Format Tables

Tables support full Word-level formatting:

  • Borders — customize each border individually or use presets
  • Shading — background colors per cell, row, or column
  • Merged cells — merge and split cells horizontally and vertically
  • Banding — alternating row/column colors
  • Auto-fit — columns adjust to content or fixed widths

Table Keyboard Shortcuts

ActionHow
Move to next cellTab
Move to previous cellTab
Add row belowPress Tab in the last cell
Select cellClick the left edge of a cell

Headers & Footers

Headers and footers appear on every page. They support:

  • Page numbers — automatic, with formatting options
  • Date fields — auto-updating
  • Custom text — any content you'd put in the document body
  • Section-specific — different headers for different document sections
  • First page different — separate header/footer for the first page
  • Odd/even pages — different headers for left and right pages

Page Setup

Configure page dimensions, margins, and orientation:

  • Paper size — A4, Letter, Legal, or custom
  • Margins — top, bottom, left, right (all preserved from Word imports)
  • Orientation — portrait or landscape
  • Sections — different page setups within the same document (section breaks)

Page setup from imported Word documents is preserved exactly — including section breaks with different margins, orientations, and header/footer configurations.

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