Add tables to a Freeform board on iPhone

You can add tables to a Freeform board to organize content, lay out sections of your board, and more. After you add a table, you can customize it however you like.

A table on a Freeform board, with its formatting tools visible and small blue dots on its edges for changing its shape.

Create a table

  1. Go to the Freeform app on your iPhone.

  2. Open a board, or tap the New Board button to start a new one.

  3. Tap the Media button, then tap Add Table.

  4. With the table selected, do any of the following:

    • Change the table style: Tap the Table Style button in the formatting tools, then use the controls to make changes.

    • Add a last column or row: Tap the Add Column button or Add Row button in the top-right or bottom-left corner.

    • Insert or delete a column or row within the table: Select a cell, column, or row, tap the More button in the formatting tools, then choose an option, such as Add Column After.

    • Specify a number of rows and columns: Tap the Table Layout button in the formatting tools, then adjust the numbers.

    • Resize the entire table: Drag a blue dot. Corner dots resize both rows and columns proportionally.

    • Resize one row or column: Drag a cell border.

      Tip: To always keep the same proportions for a table as you resize it, tap the More button in the formatting tools, then tap Constrain Proportions.

    • Move the table: Drag the Table Mover handle in the top-left corner of the table.

Select a cell, column, row, or table

  1. Go to the Freeform app on your iPhone.

  2. In a board with a table, tap to select the table, then do one of the following:

    • Select a cell: Tap the cell once.

    • Select a column: Tap to select a cell, then tap the Column Reference tag at the top of the table.

    • Select a row: Tap to select a cell, then tap the Row Reference tag on the left side of the table.

When a row, column, or cell is selected, tap the Table Mover handle in the top-left corner of the table to select the whole table.

Add and format table text

  1. Go to the Freeform app on your iPhone.

  2. In a board with a table, double-tap a cell, then enter text.

  3. To change font, style, size, color, and alignment, select the table, a row, a column, or a cell, then tap the Modify Text button in the formatting tools.

Attach an item to a table cell

You can attach items—like images, scans, or links—to your table cells. When you move the table, attached items move with it.

  1. Go to the Freeform app on your iPhone.

  2. Open a board with a table and other items.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • Drag an item from your board to a cell until a highlight appears.

    • Copy and paste an item in a cell. It’s centered in the cell.

To make cells automatically expand to fit anchored objects, tap the Table Mover handle to select the table, tap the Table Layout button in the formatting tools, then turn on Autogrow Cells.

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