Tables, figures and images

Papero numbers your tables and figures, places their captions the way your citation style expects, and keeps references to them up to date. For charts and equations, see Charts and equations.

Insert a table

1. Put your cursor where the table should go.
2. On the toolbar, press Insert and choose Table.
3. In the grid, point at the size you want, such as Rows: 3, columns: 4, then click.

You can also type / and choose Table for a table of three rows by three columns.

The new table has a caption line above it, labelled "Table 1." or the next number, and a header row. Labels are in your document's language. Type the table's title in the caption. In APA style the label sits on its own line above an italic title.

To bring in data you already have:

• Paste cells copied from Excel or Google Sheets, or tab-separated text: they arrive as a table.
• In the size grid, press Import from a file…, or type / and choose Table from a file. Papero reads a CSV, TSV or Excel (.xlsx) file, takes the first sheet of a workbook, and uses the first row as the header row.

Edit a table

While your cursor is in a table, Table tools appears above it:

• add rows and columns: Add a row above, Add a row below, Add a column to the left, Add a column to the right;
• Merge cells and Split the cell (to select several cells, drag across them or Shift+click);
• Header row to turn the header row on or off;
• Align left, Centre and Align right;
• Sort A to Z and Sort Z to A, or Sort smallest to largest and Sort largest to smallest for a column of numbers;
• Make a chart from this table and Copy table;
• More table actions: move a row or column, Add a note on this cell, Add a probability note and Add a total row;
• Delete: Delete this row, Delete this column or Delete the table.

Right-click a cell, or press Shift+F10, to see the same actions as a menu. Tab moves between cells. Alt+Shift+↑ and Alt+Shift+↓ move the row your cursor is in, and you can drag a row by the grip on its left edge.

If an action is greyed out, point at it to see why.

Add a note under a table

Press Add a note in Table tools to put a note under the table, labelled "Note.", for sources, abbreviations or significance levels. A note on one cell and a probability note follow the general note, in the order APA uses.

Copy table copies the table so you can paste it into Excel, Google Sheets or Word.

Add an image

1. Put your cursor where the image should go.
2. Press Insert on the toolbar, or type /, and choose Image.
3. Choose one or more image files.

You can also drag image files onto the page, or paste a screenshot or a copied image. If your cursor is in a table cell, the image goes after the table. Images that a pasted web page only links to are left out: save the image first, then drop it in.

Papero takes PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF files. Save an SVG as PNG, or a HEIC photo as JPEG, before you add it. Papero prepares each image in your browser before it uploads it: it scales a large picture down and removes hidden data, such as the place a photo was taken. If an upload fails, press Retry or Remove.

Adding images needs a confirmed email address. Your plan sets how many images and how much image storage you can use, and Papero says so when you reach a limit.

Image options

Point at an image to see its toolbar:

• Width: Small, Medium or Full.
• Alt text: describe the image for someone who cannot see it. If you leave it empty, the caption is used.
• Show caption or Hide caption.
• Add note puts a note under the figure, labelled "Note."
• Replace image swaps the picture and keeps the caption.
• Download image saves the picture.

Numbers, captions and references

Tables and figures are numbered separately, in the order they appear. Images and charts are both figures.

• A table is numbered when its caption sits directly above it.
• A figure is numbered while its caption is shown. Hide the caption and the figure takes no number.
• APA puts a figure's label and caption above the picture, as "Figure 1" on its own line. Other styles put them below, as "Figure 1.", and MLA writes "Fig. 1."

To point to a table or figure from your text, type / and pick it under Refer to. The reference reads "Table 2" or "Figure 1" and updates when you add, move or delete tables and figures. If its table or figure is deleted, the reference shows a question mark, and pointing at it says what happened.

To list them all, type / and choose List of tables or List of figures. Each list updates as you write.

When you export to Word, the numbers, captions and references go with your document. See Export to Word.