# CanTableFormat Property

> Returns a Boolean telling whether table formatting or the table layout can be changed for the selected text, depending on DocumentPermissions and edit mode.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Property
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > TXTextControl > CanTableFormat Property
- **244 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/cantableformat-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/cantableformat-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/cantableformat-property/llms-full.txt

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Informs whether table formatting attributes and/or the table layout can be changed for the currently selected text. The property's value depends on the [TXTextControl.DocumentPermissions](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/documentpermissions-property/llms-full.txt) property and the currently set [edit mode](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/editmode-property/llms-full.txt).

Introduced: 25.0.

### Syntax

```vbscript
TXTextControl.CanTableFormat
```

### Data Types

Boolean.

### Limitations

Read only, run time only.

### See Also

- [CanPrint Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/canprint-property/llms-full.txt)
- [CanEdit Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/canedit-property/llms-full.txt)
- [CanCharacterFormat Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/cancharacterformat-property/llms-full.txt)
- [CanParagraphFormat Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/canparagraphformat-property/llms-full.txt)
- [CanStyleFormat Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/canstyleformat-property/llms-full.txt)
- [Programming Category: Restricted Document Access](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/restricted-access/llms-full.txt)

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