Inserting Tables
Tables are used to organize textual and numerical information in a convenient and clear way. They represent even large amounts of textual information in an easy-to-read format. Tables consist of grids formed by rows and columns. On web pages, tables are often used as a formatting tool to maintain the size and proportion of page borders in all browsers and output formats. Borders can be made invisible and information in a table appears as formatted in a desired way. For example, this can be useful when organizing the text in several columns, like in a newspaper.
To insert a table
- Place the cursor where you want to insert a table.
- Click Insert/Modify Table
. The Insert/Modify Table dialog box appears.
- In the Rows and Cols fields, enter the desired number of rows and columns for the new table.
- In the Width field you can determine how much space the new table will occupy on the screen. Select the measurement unit from the list next to the Width field (percent, pixels, or points) and enter the value.
- From the Alignment list, select how the table will be aligned: to the left, center, or right of the web page.
- In the Border thickness field, enter the width of the table borders (in pixels). Enter 0 to make them invisible.
- In the Cell spacing field, enter the number of pixels to specify the space between the cells of the table. This value can be used to create margins within the text.
- In the Cell padding field, enter the number of pixels to set spacing between the boundary of the cell and the text inside the cell.
- Click OK.
The new table appears on the web page. Click in a table cell to type the information.
You can edit table properties, such as border width, cell spacing, and the width of an existing table.
To edit table properties
- Double click the table on the web page.
- In the Insert/Modify Table dialog box, change the layout, spacing, and width options for this table (the number of rows and columns cannot be changed).
Click OK to save the changes.