  So,
how do you do all this neat stuff? Click on the "Insert Table"
icon, or look under "Table" on the main menu to draw or insert a
table. You can drag to create a table with as many rows and columns as you
need. If you miscalculate, you can always add, subtract, or merge rows,
columns, and cells (right click in an existing table for a menu of editing
options).
Once you have created a table, right click anywhere in the table and
select "Table Properties" to bring up the dialog box to the
right. Some of the more useful options are:
- Specify width: You can set the table to be 100% (or 75% or whatever)
as wide as the browser window accessing your page, in which case how
wide the table appears on a screen depends on how wide the browser
window is. This is referred to as relative width. Or, you can specify
width "in pixels," which means that the table will always
appear the same size on a screen regardless of how wide a browser
window is set (so someone may have to scroll left to right to see all
of the table). This is referred to as absolute width. If you do not specify width, the table will
appear just wide enough to display all the elements.
- Alignment: If the table is set to something other than 100%, you can
center the table or align it on the right or left of the page.
- Cell padding: The amount of blank space between a cell wall and the
elements (text, images) in a cell.
- Cell spacing: The amount of space between cells.
- Border size: How wide are the borders outlining the table. Border
size = 0 creates a hidden border.
- Background color: Set the background color for the table. Individual
cells can have their own background colors, which override the table's
background color.
 Right
click in a cell or a selected group of cells and select "Cell
Properties" to bring up the cell properties dialog box. Some of the
more useful options are:
- Horizontal alignment: Default alignment is left justified; contents
can be centered or right justified.
- Vertical alignment: Default is to have the contents centered;
contents can be set to align with the top or bottom of the cell.
- Specify width: Specify in terms of percent of width of the table for
relative width, or in terms of pixels for absolute width.
- Background Color: Set a background color or image for a cell or a
set of cells.
 To
insert new rows or columns or to split cells into two or more cells, right
click in a row, column, or cell and select the appropriate function, or
look under "Table" in the main menu and select the appropriate
"Insert" function.
To merge cells, click and drag to select all the cells you want to
collapse into one cell, then right click in the selected area and click on
the "Merge Cells" function. |
