Making Tables

The next icon in the toolbar is Table. When you click it, you get a dialogue box in which you can specify the number of rows and columns, the alignment of the table, the border line and cell spacing, which are decorative, and the cell padding--how many pixels separate the text or image from the borders.

This 2-column 1-row table has a 3-pixel border, 6-pixel spacing, and 3-pixel padding.

This table spans the browser window (100%) and has equal column widths.

Whoops! I made another 2-c, 1-r table inside the table cell.

You can color the table or color each cell separately if you wish.

To modify a table, including coloring a particular cell, deleting a row or a cell, making a cell span more than one column or row, etc., hold down the right mouse button while the cursor is on the cell or table you wish to edit. Then select "Table Properties." You can change the color, position of the cell contents, and so on. The dialogue box allows you to specify changes for the whole table, for the row, or for the cell. (Sometimes it is hard to get the cursor to specify the cell you want to modify--try making a space or typing a letter to anchor the cursor there.)

This is a 2-row, 1-column table, with NO borders or spacing,
with 100% width and equal column widths turned off.
It is as wide as the widest line of typing, or as the image,
whichever is wider (I am using Enter to make short lines).
This cell only has color added, as you see.

When you look at a table in the Browser, you will see only the cells that have a textual or image content. The borders and fill for the others will not appear. A table with nothing in it would be invisible. Remember to save and reload your work!

One more type of borderless table: by alternating or varying cell color, you can make an attractive list of links:

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