Selecting and Editing Cells

Selecting and copying data:

Data can be selected by clicking and dragging the mouse pointer across ranges of cells in a table. If a region is selected in a graph object, the corresponding range will be selected on the table.

Selecting a Row

You can select an entire row of data by clicking on the row numbers.

Selecting a Column

You can select entire columns by clicking on the title of the column.

Editing and Selecting a Cell

To edit a single cell in a table, single click in the cell. Tip: You can bring the cell out of edit by pressing the Esc key. To select a single cell in a table, click and drag the selection within that cell. Tip: From there, you can select "blocks" of data by moving the cursor to another cell, holding down the shift key, and clicking.

If you are entering numbers in scientific notation, use the “E” or “e” key as in the examples below:

To enter this number: Type this:

3.5 x 10⁴ 3.5 E 4

-2.4 x 10³ -2.4 e 3

5.5 x 10^-12 5.5 E -12

Numbers larger than 10²⁵ are treated as 10²⁵, numbers smaller than -10²⁵are treated as -10²⁵, and numbers between -10^-25 and 10^-25 are treated as 0.


To edit a single cell in a table, single click in the cell. Tip: You can bring the cell out of edit by pressing the Esc key.		To select a single cell in a table, click and drag the selection within that cell. Tip: From there, you can select "blocks" of data by moving the cursor to another cell, holding down the shift key, and clicking.

To enter this number:	Type this:
3.5 x 10⁴	3.5 E 4
-2.4 x 10³	-2.4 e 3
5.5 x 10^-12	5.5 E -12