General Tools: Insert

• Feb 13, 2019
• 4 minutes to read

The Insert toolbar contains elements that can be inserted into a document.

These elements are divided into the following categories.

• Pages
• Tables
• Illustrations
• Toolbox
• Links
• Header & Footer
• Text
• Symbols

Pages

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Page Break			Inserts a page break into a carriage position. A page break cannot occur within tables, lists, as well as document headers and footers.

Tables

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Table			Inserts a table with a specified number of rows and columns into a carriage position. To customize the table layout, use the commands available in the Table Tools: Design and Table Tools: Layout tabs.

Illustrations

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Inline Picture			Inserts an inline picture into a carriage position. In a document, the inline picture behaves like an ordinary text symbol.
Picture			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.

Toolbox

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Bar Code			Inserts a bar code into a 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			Inserts a check box into a 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			Inserts a chart into a carriage position.
Sparkline			Inserts a sparkline into a carriage position.
Row Index			Inserts a row index into a carriage position.

Links

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Bookmark			Invokes the Bookmark dialog to add a new bookmark into a carriage position, or navigate to an existing bookmark.
Hyperlink			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.

Header & Footer

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Header			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 the 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			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 the 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			Inserts the number of the current page into a carriage position. The page statistics can only be added to a page header or footer.
Page Count			Inserts the total page count into a carriage position. The page statistics can only be added to a page header or footer.

Text

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Text Box			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 as to its size and location within a document.

Symbols

Command	Large Icon	Small Icon	Description
Symbol			Invokes the Symbol dialog, to insert characters that are not available on the keyboard.