Centering a table

Question

Hi,
I have an table in my document. A 5x5 table of some text and numbers. I want to center it (center horizontally) in my text, (with no text to the left and right of the table).
Someone might suggest the Wrap, but that way I have to drag the table, and guess where the true center is. Plus, doing wrap really messes up the line spacing, because to get the spacing correct between the line appearing after the table I have to change the value of "space before paragraph" to some ridiculously large number. Also, when I change the table a little bit, the whole thing gets mixed up, and I have to drag the table again to the right place. So this is not a good solution!
Isn't there just a way of selecting the table, and simply Centering it with respect to the page?
D

Answer 1

Whether you buy iWork now or wait until January depends how patient you are, and how much you want a spreadsheet with it (which is hoped for: but rumours are rumours!). There will be no "upgrade path." Apple provide minor revisions free via Software Update, but anything involving new features you have to buy again. Consider it subscription ware. It's still a bargain at the price: but maybe not, if you're only going to get 6mths for a year's worth. Upgrading every 2nd year is an often recommended option.
On the other side of all that, Keynote is a knockout app. And Pages, once you get the hang of its "inspectors" & etc. is far more competent at handling fine typographic design than Appleworks or Word were ever likely to be. Just now its more mundane Word Processing facilities are short of some "bells and whisltles" but once Version Tracking is included - as, again, is rumoured for iWork 07, nobody's going to care. Once you discover what it can do, and that it has layering and transparency capabilities that make it an entry-level Page design program - without the horrendous learning curve of Quark etc., it's frankly an absolute gem. Its measure lies rather in the quality of what you can produce with it, than in any wish-list of features.
Even with a spreadsheet, it will still be lacking a data-base and drawing app., but given its capacity to handle imported graphics, it still bears promise of becoming a major productivity tool - if more oriented to the individual than corporate use. Personally I think this a good thing, and a fully fledged office suite a white elephant to me. Steve Jobs has called it the replacement for Appleworks - which as yet it is not. But wait and see.
For writing and publishing with graphics capabilities, and sufficient token of those other bits and pieces the private user may occasionally want, it's already the only show in town. How soon you become acquainted with it, and share its growing pains is up to you. But give it a little time and patience, whichever way you go. What seems counter-intuitive or fiddly at first begins to flow quite soon - and even quicker once you forget all about whatever else you've used and take it on its own terms.
But get some decent fonts and source or make fine graphics; and then get to know how Pages can fine-tune them, and I can promise that within a month or so you'll be turning out material that leaves Appleworks or Word in the shade. I used to bet that I can spot a Word document from the other end of a bus. Doesn't matter what you do, they all come out the same.
iWork on the other hand is a creative tool. It's as good as you can be with it.
Cheers.