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Tables
Inserting tables
Tables are a simple and powerful way to control the location of
text and pictures on your website. They create a kind of framework
on your webpage, making it easier to place text and pictures where
you want them.
To insert a table into your webpage:
1. Go to the Insert menu.
2. Choose Table. The Insert Table
dialogue window will open.
3. Next to Rows, insert 1.
4. Next to Columns, type 2
5. For Width, choose 50%.
6. Keep the Border number at one, or 0 if you want
the border to be invisible when you view your webpage in a browser.
A table and the Properties Inspector.
Changing the properties of a table.
When you highlight a table, the Properties Inspector gives you options
for the table.
- Rows and Cols: By changing
these numbers you can add rows and columns.
- W and H: Changes the width
and height of the table. You have the option of choosing percent
or pixels from the pull-down menu. It’s a good idea to keep
your table's width at 100%; this will cause the width to change
according to the width of each visitor's browser window.
- CellPad: (cell padding) Creates
a space between the table border and the text and images in the
table. .
- Align: Allows you to left,
right or center the table on the page.
- CellSpace: Changes the space
between the cells of the table.
- Border: Changes the width
of the outer border of the table.
- Bg Color: Determines the color
of the background of the table.
- Brdr Color: Determines the
color of the border, if you have set a border size greater than
zero.
- Bg Image: By clicking on the
yellow folder you can browse and choose an image to show up as
a background to the whole table. This will appear behind the text,
so take care not to choose an image that is too busy, or too dark/light
for the text.
Practice
Insert a table on a practice page and make changes to the various
sections described above. You can create an amazing variety of tables
this way. View your work in both Netscape and IE (and perhaps Opera)
to see how they render them differently.
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