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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