To begin typing text into a cell, you only need to select a cell and begin typing. To select text that’s already inside a cell, you must place the insertion point within the cell. In either mode, you can navigate around the table using the arrow keys, making it easy to quickly enter text into any cell.
To enter text, select a cell and begin typing.
To place the insertion point inside a cell, click once to select the table, click again to select the cell, and click a third time to place the insertion point within the cell.
After the insertion point is inside the cell, you can select text by dragging across it or by double-clicking to select a word or triple-clicking to select a paragraph.
To insert a paragraph break, with the insertion point inside the cell, press Return.
To insert a line break, with the insertion point inside the cell, press Option-Return.
To insert a tab in a table, with the insertion point inside the cell, press Option-Tab.
To adjust text alignment, select one or more cells and click a text alignment button in the format bar to align text left, right, center, justified, or in the top, middle, or bottom of the cell.
To learn how to resize table cells to accommodate content that doesn’t fit, see Resizing Table Rows and Columns.
Table cells that are not large enough to display their contents have a clipping indicator at the bottom.
To change the typeface, select one or more cells and click a text formatting button in the format bar.
To make certain that Keynote interprets what you type as a number, text, or other kind of value, apply a cell value format to the cells. See the topics below Formatting Table Cell Values for Display.
In addition to formatting text using the formatting bar, as described above, you can also format text in table cells as you would format any text. See the topics below Formatting Text Size and Appearance.
You can use find-and-replace and spell-checking features within tables as you would with any text. See the topics below Checking Your Slides for Textual Errors.
To learn about moving and editing table cell contents, see Editing Table Cell Contents.
For more tips on working with table cells, including navigating easily through tables and autofilling cells with some kinds of content, see the following topics: