Tables
7.0 Tables
7.1 Create a table
7.2 Edit a table
7.3 Remove a table
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Tables - Create a Table
7.1 Create a table
1. Place your cursor on a page in the location that you want a table to appear. (Be sure you have at least one blank line above where the table will be placed.) Click the Insert Table button.
2. The Insert/Modify Table dialog box opens. Update the settings for the table.
a. Cols / Rows - Enter the number of columns and number of rows that you want in the table.
b. Cellpadding (Optional) - Adjust the space between the text and the borders of the cells. Often sent between 5 and 8.
c. Cellspacing (Optional) - Adjust the extra space between cells in the table. 0 = no extra space between table cells.
d. Alignment - Change how the table aligns on the page. The default is left alignment.
e. Border - Indicate how much border you want around the cells in the table. Set to at least 1 for ease in creating the table. It can be set to zero later to eliminate borders.
f. Width - Enter a percentage of the width of the page that you want the table to use. (i.e. 100% = the table fills the entire width of the page.) Be sure to type a % sign or you will need to manually re-size the table after inserting.
g. Ignore height, class, and table caption.
3. Click Update.
4. You can now enter text or images into the table cells, as desired.
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Tables - Edit a Table
7.2 Edit a Table
1. Select your table by clicking in it.
2. The following commands are available once you select your table.
3. Change overall Table Properties by clicking on the Insert New Table button. The Insert/Modify Table dialog box will open.
a. On the General Tab, you can change any of the original table settings.
b. On the Advanced Tab, you can change the border color and/or background color of your table. Note: to use color in your table you must change the Input Format of the webpage from EESC to Full HTML.
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Tables - Remove a Table
7.3 Remove a Table
1. Tables can only be removed by deleting them from within the HTML code on a page. Instructions follow - however - if you are not comfortable with deleting sections of code, please contact your webmaster for help in removing it.
2. Display the HTML code by clicking the HTML button in the text editor toolbar. This opens the HTML Source Editor.
3. Locate the <table> and </table> codes. Select and delete those codes and all text between those codes.
4. Click Update.
5. Save your page.
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