FrontPage Tutorial
Tables

Tables are used to organize information in a spreadsheet-sort of way. Up above, you
saw an example of a table (the examples on image formatting). Here is a simple table:

You can put whatever information in a table that you want. You can put links, pictures (like I did earlier in this page), text, and just about anything in a table. Tables basically allow you to format an entire page. If you want a newspaper-like layout, you can set a table to have 1 row and 3 columns like this:

(The information in this table is fictional, except for the 3rd column.)

The applications for tables are endless. And, creating a table in FrontPage is easy. All you do is

1. Click on the Insert Table button ( ). This will bring up the Insert Table window.
2. Set the number of rows and columns you want in the table by dragging your mouse to select the number of rows and columns (it works like MicroSoft Word).

 

Editing a Table

To edit an existing table, move your mouse over the table and click your right mouse button. A list will pop up; from that list, pick table properties with a click on your left mouse button.  You will see the following screen.

1. Change the size of the border you want around each cell. If you want a borderless table, set border equal to zero. For reference, the table above uses a bordersize of 2.
2. Set the amount of cell padding you want ( the cell padding is the space between the border and the content of the cell )
3. Set the cell spacing. ( the cell spacing is the amount of space between adjacent cells )
4. Adjust the width of the table. If you want the table to be as wide as the screen, type in "100" and select the percent option (100% of the screen). If you want it smaller, reduce the number.
5. If you want the table to have its own background color or pattern OR border colors, you can change any of these attributes by clicking on Custom Background.
   
   
6. Click the button.

Now you are ready to fill in the newly created table. Just click on the cell that you want to edit, and start typing. The size of the cell will adjust to how much content is in the cell. Remember, you can insert pictures, links, and other items in the cells.

While filling in the table, you can format individual cells, or entire rows and columns. To do this:

1. Select the cells you want to format. To select:

• a single cell, place the cursor in the cell by clicking in it.
• multiple cells, highlight the cells with your mouse.
• a row, move the mouse to the left side of the table beside the row you want to select, and a black arrow will appear.. Click the mouse, and it will highlight the entire row.
• a column, move the mouse to the top of the table above the column you want to select, and a black arrow will appear. Click the mouse and it will highlight the entire column.
• multiple rows or columns, hold down the SHIFT key, and select the rows or columns using the methods described above. Keep holding the down the SHIFT key even after selecting the rows or columns ( you will release the SHIFT key after step #3 ).
  
  

2. Push down the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to get the pop-up menu to the right =========>


3. Select Cell Properties... ( if you are holding down the SHIFT key, you can now release it ).

 

In the Cell Properties window that just showed up, there are several options.

• Horizontal Alignment:- adjust the justification of the contents of the cell from top to bottom.
• Vertical Alignment:- adjusts the justification of the contents of the cell from left to right.
• Header Cell- if clicked, it marks the highlight cell(s) as header cell(s). This should be used at the top or sides of the table. It just basically makes the text bold to stand out more.
• Specify Width:- sets the width of the cell(s) within in the table. If it is set to 50%, then the cell(s) would take up 50% of the table.
• Specify Height:- sets the height of the cell(s) within in the table. If it is set to 50%, then the cell(s) would take up 50% of the table.
• Number of Rows Spanned:- specifies the number of rows that a particular cell spans.
• Number of Columns Spanned:- specifies the number of columns that a particular cell spans.

Here is an example:

That's how easy it is to create a basic table in FrontPage! :)

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