FrontPage Tutorial 2 (Page 2 of 2)
Step 4: (basic
table insertions) Tables are used to organize
small chunks of text. A table within a table is called a cell. Tables are used to list
items in adjacent form, among other things. Deeper usage of tables include using them as
columns to manipulate the whole layout of a page. (all pages in this site use tables as
columns). We will discuss usage of columns in tutorial 4. But now, lets first learn the
basic usage of tables. To create a table, click either the Insert Table
button (or Table, than Insert Table on menu bar). Now,
there are three main controls:
Size: Allows you to create rows/columns.
.
Layout:
1)Alignment: Controls
format of table.
2)-Border Size: Controls the.width of the border of a table. All tables
above have Border Size of 1.
3)-Cell Padding: Controls the space between the table text and the table border. (Used less
than the other options).
| Cell Padding of 15. Note
the padding of wall! |
4)-Cell
Spacing: Controls the space between one cell and the
other. This is used to control how far apart you want each adjacent cell to be.
.
Cell Spacing is very
useful when you want to use tables as columns. (like this page). More of this will be
discussed in Tutorial 4.
Width: Controls the length of a table.
The Specify Width option will allow you to manually control the table
length if you check it. If you don't check it, the length of the table
will be long as what you decide to type into it. Now, the Width is
measured in two ways.. In Pixels: An actual way of
defining length. (like cm, meters ).
In percent: Controls the length of a table in terms of percentage. (I know, you want
some clarification). Ok, here goes: The keyword to remember is that the table you're
defining in percentage is always defined in terms of what's outside the table, what's
outside the table being 100%, so the percentage is defined relatively.
When you only have one table on a page, the full
length of the page is considered to be 100%, so a table of 50% would cover 1/2 of the
page.
However, when you have nested tables: tables within a
table, 50% isn't the same length as the above example.
So remember, percentage is defined relative to what's enclosing the table.
So lets quickly whip up a table listing some hot links.
<------------------------This is a
page:-------------------------->
| Welcome to my page: Click below for some hot links! Pay close attention to how the tables are implemented: There is a inner
table within the main table.
Hot Links! This
is Table A (The brown table)
<----------Table A's defined in pixels=350---------->
Alignment: CenterThe above is Table B.
<-----Table B's defined in percent=90%------>
(90% of Table A)
Alignment: Center
Each cell is defined to be roughly 33%
(33% of Table B) |
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Step 5: (Text
formatting within tables) You can, like any
text, center, left, or right align text
in a table. Here's how: Like always, first create a table. Now right click anywhere
within the cell , and select cell properties. Now, at the upper left
corner of the box, you see the layout section. Let's break it down!
Horizontal Alignment: This controls the text alignment horizontally (Hay, you're just re-wording
it!) Ok, H alignment is your usual text alignment...I'll explain with
tables:
| This is H left alignment...(V=middle) |
| This is H right alignment |
Vertical Alignment: This controls the text alignment vertically...for example
Where as this is H centered.
This is V middled
. |
H alignment is used more often than V
alignment.
You can, of course , use V and H alignment in
conjunction. ie: selecting V centered and H centered
will center the text to be in the very middle of the page.
END OF TUTORIAL 2
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