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Monobook toolbar. To automatically insert a table, click or (Insert a table) on the edit toolbar. In the Vector toolbar the table icon is in the "Advanced" menu. If "Insert a table" is not on the toolbar follow these directions to add it. The following text is inserted when Insert a table is clicked:
There are several advanced table formatting techniques to improve the display or editing of wikitables in Wikipedia. Most of the tips involve use of standard text-editors. While some special software packages exist, to allow customized editing, they are typically not available when travelling to other computers for wiki-editing.
Using double marks with tables. Double cell markup can be used to add consecutive cells to a single line with !! and || instead of using new lines between each ! and |. Note, the type of single and double marks on a single line should not be mixed, such as | Data !! Header where !! is not translated into a header cell.
Adding a row. To add an extra row into a table, you'll need to insert an extra row break and the same number of new cells as are in the other rows. The easiest way to do this in practice, is to duplicate an existing row by copying and pasting the markup. It's then just a matter of editing the cell contents.
When browsing Wikipedia you may encounter tables that have been made sortable. A sortable table is identified by the arrows in one or more of its header cells. Clicking them will cause the table rows to sort in ascending order based on the selected column. A second click on the same arrow will sort in descending order.
Place {{Table alignment}} just before the table and then add some classes to the table. With the wikitable class the header cell content is always centered unless individually adjusted. The col and default classes never affect the header cells (column, row, or anywhere) if the wikitable class is used. The col class overrides the default class.
Comma-separated values. Comma-separated values (CSV) is a text file format that uses commas to separate values, and newlines to separate records. A CSV file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain text, where each line of the file typically represents one data record. Each record consists of the same number of fields, and these are ...
A one-column table is very similar to a list, but it allows sorting. If the wikitext itself is already sorted with the same sortkey, this advantage does not apply. A multiple-column table allows sorting on any column. See also Help:Table.