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Advanced Table Editing

Web tables are of two kinds:

  • data display
  • page layout
The way you make either one is the same procedures, but it helps to know what kind of table you want.  Tables are used to display or organize data. Data tables act as discrete elements of a Web page, much like tables inserted into word processing programs. Tables can also be used to direct page layout. Table columns and rows can be used to control where text and graphics are placed with more precision than is possible with simple HTML.

As explained previously, when you insert a table, the program defaults to 2 x 2.  If you want to change the rows and columns, you must change it by typing in the values you want.  For example, 4 x 2.


Width

You can also adjust the width by indicating the percent of width across the page or the number of pixels you want to use.

  • Width in percent means percent of the page, regardless of what size the page is on any viewer's screen.
  • Width in pixels is absolute: the table will be (e.g., 400 pixels wide) the same size, no matter how wide the viewer's browser window.

   

Advanced Editing

Select advanced Edit and you will get the following screen. While you may want to use inline or Java in the future, the basic table requires you to manipulate the HTML attributes.  Changing cellpadding, cellspacing, and the border changes the appearance of the table.
 


For example, if you do not want a border around the table, you can change it by selecting the border row and entering the null value (0) at the bottom in the dialog box.


Alignment

You can also select Table > Properties and get this screen.  You can change the values here, too, and also the alignment (left, centered, right, etc.) And you can add a caption or color the cells.


If you change your mind about how you want your table to look, choose Format > Table Properties, and change table attributes. To modify one cell, click the 'Cell properties' tab in the 'Table properties' window.

 

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