It seems that ^c ^c
applies table formatting only when
point is on the formatting line (the one beginning
in #+tblfm:
). Is it possible to have ^c ^c
apply formatting
even when point is in the table itself?
Or is one supposed to do something else from within the table?
It's a bit laborious every time to have to place point at the formatting
line before pressing ^c ^c
.
The #+tblfm:
line is for table formulas, not formatting.
Pressing M-Q anywhere on the table reformats the whole table, this is called table-align. The same happens when tabbing through cells, or when pressing C-C C-C anywhere on the table.
If, however, you want to recalculate all formulas (which is what happens when C-C C-C on the formula definitions), you can call C-c * and its variants.
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