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Inserting a Table
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quick and painless way to create a table is from the Insert Table
icon on the Standard toolbar. Click on the Insert
Table icon, and select the number of rows and columns from the drop down
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Table
Properties
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If
you want to get into more specific options for your table, click on
Table, Insert, Table from the Table
menu.
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You can set the properties— for example, height, width,
border size, and background color— of tables by using the
Insert Table dialog box. The dialog box provides
the following options.
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Once you have created a table you can reopen the dialog by
highlighting the entire table, right clicking, and selecting
Table Properties from the context menu.
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To
change options for a single cell, a row, or a column, right click
and choose Cell Properties.
 Note Depending
on your authoring settings, some of these options might be
unavailable.
 Layout
Tools
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Enable layout tools Turns on tools for
viewing and changing the dimensions of cells, columns, and rows in
the table, as well as the table itself. You can change these
dimensions by using both precise measurements, in pixels, and
relative measurements that adjust the size of columns and rows to
the size of the Web browser window. The layout tools appear when you
click a table or cell border in Design view.
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Disable layout tools Turns off layout
tools for the table.
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Automatically enable layout tools based on
table content Turns the layout tools on or off for the table
automatically, depending on whether the table primarily contains
data or primarily organizes page elements as part of a Web page
design.
Size
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Rows Enter the number of rows you want to
include in the table. If you increase the number of rows in an
existing table, Microsoft FrontPage adds the additional rows to the
end of the table. You cannot decrease the number of rows in an
existing table by using the Rows box.
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Columns Enter the number of columns you
want to include in the table. If you increase the number of columns
in an existing table, FrontPage adds the additional columns to the
right of the rightmost column in the table. You cannot decrease the
number of columns in an existing table by using the
Columns box.
Layout
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Alignment Changes the position of the
table in the Web page. In the Alignment box, click
the alignment you want, Flush left, Centered,
or Flush Right.
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Float Changes the way text and other
elements in the Web page flow around the table, if the table is not
as wide as the Web page. In the Float box, click
the float setting you want.
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Cell padding Enter the amount of space,
in pixels, you want between the contents and inside borders of cells
in the table. You cannot set the cell padding for an individual cell
in the table.
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Cell spacing Enter the amount of space,
in pixels, you want between cells in the table. You cannot set the
cell spacing for an individual cell in the table.
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Specify width Sets the width of the table
to a value you specify. You can specify the width in pixels or as a
percentage of the width of the Web browser window. In the
Specify width box, type a number for the width you
want, and then click In pixels or In
percent to indicate the unit of measurement.
If
you chose pixels, the table size will be fixed and
will not dynamically resize. If you choose percent,
your table will automatically expand or contract depending on
the monitor size and resolution settings of your visitor.
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Specify height Sets the height of the
table to a value you specify. You can specify the height in pixels
or as a percentage of the height of the Web browser window. In the
Specify height box, type a number for the height
you want, and then click In pixels or
In percent to indicate the unit of measurement.
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Table direction Sets the direction of
text and other elements in the table. This option is available only
if you have enabled support for multiple languages in FrontPage.
Borders
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Size Enter the width, in pixels, you want
for the table border.
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Color Changes the color of the table
border and the borders of cells in the table. If you apply a light
border or a dark border to the table, this color doesn't appear. In
the Color box, click the color you want.
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Collapse table border Renders the borders
of cells in the table as a single line instead of a pair of lines
with space between them.
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Light border Changes the color of the
left and top borders of the table and the right and bottom borders
of cells in the table. By applying light and dark colors to these
borders, you can create a three-dimensional effect for the table. In
the Light border box, click the color you want.
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Dark border Changes the color of the
right and bottom borders of the table and the left and top borders
of cells in the table. By applying light and dark colors to these
borders, you can create a three-dimensional effect for the table. In
the Dark border box, click the color you want.
Background
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Color Changes the background color of the
table. In the Color box, click the color you want.
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Use background picture Adds a graphic to
the background of the table. In the box, type the path and file name
of the graphic file, or click Browse to locate the
file.
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Browse Click to select the file for the
graphic you want to add as a background for the table.
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Properties Click to change the format and
other settings for the background graphic of the table. This option
is available only if you already added the background graphic to the
table.
Set
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Set as default for new tables Automatically
applies the current layout, border, and background color settings to
new tables.
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Style Click to create or change inline
styles for the table.
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