The TABLE tab contains commands and command lists for working with tables. The TABLE tab is available on the ribbon, unless it is minimized. It is also available at the top of floating Map, Browser and Layout windows. The Table tab for a Browser window displays two additional groups of commands (Browser Tools and Sort and Filter).
Contents Group
These commands modify the contents of a Browser window.
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New Browser | F4 | Creates a new Browser window where data from a table is displayed in tabular format. |
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Open | Ctrl+Shift+O | Opens a variety of resources for including in your layout, see File Group. |
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Save | Ctrl+S | The commands on the Save Table command list are:
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Revert | Discards edits and uses the last saved table version. | |
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Close | Closes one or more tables. | |
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New Table | Ctrl+N | Creates a new table. Opens the New Table dialog box. |
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Export | Exports the table to another format. | |
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Universal Translator | Tool to import and export MapInfo data to and from other popular mapping formats. |
Selection Group
These commands provide advanced object selection options.
| Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Select | Selects one or more map/layout objects or browser rows. To create a selection query, click on the Launcher button in the lower right corner of the Selection group to open the Select dialog box. |
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SQL Select | Creates a selection by querying using SQL. | |
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Invert | Inverts currently selected map/layout objects or browser rows. Available when objects or rows are selected. | |
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Clear | Ctrl+W | Deselects map/layout objects or browser rows. |
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Find | Ctrl+F |
Find (Ctrl+Shift+F): Select an item or row and find the item in all windows.
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Edit Group
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Update Column | Use to assign values to a column, add a new (temporary) column using data from another table, move values between columns and enter graphics information into columns for descriptive data. | |
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Append Rows | To attach the rows of one table to another table. The tables should have the same set of columns, in the same order. | |
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Add New Row | Ctrl+E | Adds a new blank row to the bottom of the active Browser window. |
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Clear Map Objects | Deletes the selected map objects from the table but leaves the attributes column intact. |
Browser Tools Group
The Browser Tools group is enabled when a Browser window is active. It provides access to these commands.
| Icon | Command | Description |
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Info | Displays tabular information about map objects. |
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HotLink | Enabled when the Browser references a table containing hotlink data (URL). |
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HotLink Options | Opens the Hotlink Options dialog box where you can add, remove and manage the Hotlink properties. |
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Pick Fields | Choose which fields display in the active Browser window. You can also use Pick Fields to temporarily rename a column, creates a new column that will display in the Browser window, or edit the expression that defines an existing column. |
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Font | Opens the Text Style Dialog Box where you select how to display the text in the Browser window. |
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Gridlines | Show/Hide the Browser grid lines. |
Sort and Filter Group
The Sort and Filter group is enabled when a Browser window is active. It provides access to these commands.
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Filter |
Filter: Opens the Filter dialog box where you can set filter conditions for the column. A filter may consist of up to two conditions where each condition is built from a simple set of operations (such as equals, greater than, and so on) and some set of values. After applying a filter to a column, an icon displays in the column header to let you know that the column has a filter. You can apply as many column filters as the number of columns in the table up to a limit of 100. Each new column filter is appended to the previous filters to produce fewer records in the current view.
The Filter and Clear Filter commands are also available by right-clicking on a column in the Browser window. |
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Sort Multi-Column: Opens the Sort dialog box where you would make selections to perform a multi-column sort in the Browser window.
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Clear All | Removes all sort and filters that were applied to the data in the Browser window. This removes the sort and filters from memory, so you cannot reapply them again after making this selection. |
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Sort On/Off | Turns off a sort, so that you can view data as it appears in the table. After turning a sort off, you can turn it back on to view the sort result. |
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Re-Sort | Reapplies the last sort/filter to the data in a Browser window. This is useful after making changes to the data or after turning the sort/filter on. |
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Add to Map | Opens the Create Query dialog box which allows you to add a query with the current sort and filter conditions as a layer on the map. |
Maintenance Group
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Table | Modify Structure: Change the structure for editable tables, including add, remove, rename or reorder fields, add and remove indexes).
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Database | Commands for maintaining remote database tables. There are also Oracle-specific commands in this group (not shown).
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Library | Add to Library: Create a metadata record for the table in MapInfo Manager Library.
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Raster |  Adjust Image Styles: Adjust raster image color, contrast and brightness.
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