Document the use of \vert in table fields

* doc/org.texi (Built-in table editor): Document that \vert represents
a vertical bar in a table field.
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@section The built-in table editor
@cindex table editor, built-in
Org makes it easy to format tables in plain ASCII. Any line with
@samp{|} as the first non-whitespace character is considered part of a
table. @samp{|} is also the column separator. A table might look like
this:
Org makes it easy to format tables in plain ASCII. Any line with @samp{|} as
the first non-whitespace character is considered part of a table. @samp{|}
is also the column separator@footnote{To insert a vertical bar into a table
field, use @code{\vert} or, inside a word @code{abc\vert@{@}def}.}. A table
might look like this:
@example
| Name | Phone | Age |