Help with Frontpage Express - Working with Tables

Tables

Tables are very useful for formatting and organising your web pages.

To insert a table first place the cursor at the point of insertion. Then select 'Table> Insert Table' and the following dialog will be presented:

The Table Dialog:

Size:

• Rows - How many rows do you want
• Columns - How may do you want

Layout:

• Alignment - Left, Right or Centre
• Border Size - Width of the borders
• Cell Margins - Spacing - the distance between individual cells
• Cell Margins - Padding - the distance between the cell border and where the content starts

Width:

• Specify Width - Check this and set you table width to percent - percent is best then your table will size to the viewers screen resolution.

Make your settings and then click OK.

You can if you wish 'nest tables' by selecting a cell in your newly inserted table and inserting a new table into the cell - this technique is used when building more complex page layouts.

To format and adjust your table go the the Table menu and you will get the following options most of which are self explanatory.

Split Cells: This option will split a selected cell into columns or rows - you select which and how many.

Merge Cells: Opposite of Split Cells

Table Properties: Allows customisation of the table the following dialog is self explanatory

Cell Properties: The following dialog is self explanatory

NOTE: If you set a cell colour/background here it will take precedence over any settings in the table properties