Insert a table and add content
Use the Insert bar or the Insert menu to create a new table. Then, add text and images to table cells the same way that you add text and images outside of a table.
- Set the attributes of the Table dialog box and click
OK to create the table.
- Rows
- Determines the number of table rows.
- Columns
- Determines the number of table columns.
- Table Width
- Specifies the width of the table in pixels, or as a percentage of the browser window’s width.
- Border Thickness
- Specifies the width, in pixels, of the table’s borders.
- Cell Spacing
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Determines the number of pixels between adjacent table
cells.
When you don’t explicitly assign values
for border thickness or cell spacing and cell padding, most browsers
display the table border thickness and cell padding set to 1 and
cell spacing were set to 2. To ensure that browsers display the
table with no border, padding or spacing, set Cell Padding and Cell
Spacing to 0. - Cell Padding
- Determines the number of pixels between a cell’s border and its contents.
- None
- Does not enable column or row headings for the table.
- Left
- Makes the first column of the table a column for headings, so that you can enter a heading for each row of the table.
- Top
- Makes the first row of the table a row for headings, so that you can enter a heading for each column of the table.
- Both
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Enables you to enter column and row headings in the table.
It’s a good idea to use headers in case any of
your website visitors use screen readers. Screen readers read table
headings and help screen-reader users keep track of table information.
- Caption
- Provides a table title which displays outside of the table.
- Align Caption
- Specifies where the table caption appears in relation to the table.
- Summary
- Provides a table description. Screen readers read the summary text, but the text does not appear in the user’s browser.