Table Properties
Table properties can be accessed by right-clicking within a
table and choosing Table Properties. You may also set most, if
not all, of the properties when you first insert a table.
Note: In FrontPage, you may manually
adjust the table sizes by dragging on table lines. However,
please note that this only works for tables that have a defined
width and/or height. If you have a resizable table, dragging on
table lines may freeze the table to have a defined width and
height and thereby destroy the layout.
FrontPage 2002
The Insert Table dialog box has slightly fewer options than
the Table Properties dialog box.
-
 Rows & Columns: How many rows and columns you want.
(Only in Insert Table.)
- Alignment: Left, Right, or Centered, relative to the
page.
- Width: How big you want your table to be. You can
have a fixed width (in pixels) or a width relative to
the page (in percent -- it will resize automatically
when you resize your browser window). If not defined,
your table will grow horizontally to fit the content you
place inside of it.
- Height: How tall you want your table to be. This
usually does not need to be set, as your table will grow
vertically to fit the content that you place inside of it.
- Cell padding: The space the edge of the cell and
what's inside the cell.
- Cell spacing: The space between cells.
- Border size: How wide you want the outside border to
be.
- Border color: Allows you to set the color of the
border.
- Light border/Dark border: Allows you to set the
color of the light and dark borders (if border size is more
than 1), but may not work in all browsers.
- Show both cells and table borders: This option
allows both a table border (the blue border below) and a
cell border (the white border around each cell below). This
may not display consistently across different browsers.
- Background: Allows you to set a background image
or color for the table. Older browsers may display the image
inconsistently. If you set a background image that is
smaller than the rendered table, the background image will
repeat. Modify the Style properties to set more specific
parameters for how the background image is displayed.
- Style: Allows you to format the table properties
using Cascading Style Sheets.
FrontPage 2003
The Insert Table and Table Properties dialog boxes are
exactly the same.
-
 Layout Tools: You may enable/disable layout tools for
your table. If your table is intended to hold data, disable
layout tools. If your table is intended for underlying page
layout, enable the tools.
- Rows & Columns: How many rows and columns you want.
- Alignment: Left, Right, or Centered, relative to the
page.
- Float: This will push your table to the left or the
right, with text flowing around it. May not work in all
browsers.
- Width: How big you want your table to be. You can
have a fixed width (in pixels) or a width relative to
the page (in percent -- it will resize automatically
when you resize your browser window). If not defined,
your table will grow horizontally to fit the content you
place inside of it.
- Height: How tall you want your table to be. This
usually does not need to be set, as your table will grow
vertically to fit the content that you place inside of it.
- Cell padding: The space the edge of the cell and
what's inside the cell. See diagram below.
- Cell spacing: The space between cells. See diagram
below.
- Border size: How wide you want the outside border to
be.
- Border color: Allows you to set the color of the
border.
- Light border/Dark border: Allows you to set the
color of the light and dark borders (if border size is more
than 1), but may not work in all browsers. This will not be
applicable if you collapse the table border.
- Collapse table border: This will make the table
border solid, instead of the default bevel style.
- Background: Allows you to set a background image
or color for the table. Older browsers may display the image
inconsistently. If you set a background image that is
smaller than the rendered table, the background image will
repeat. Modify the Style properties to set more specific
parameters for how the background image is displayed.
- Style: Allows you to format the table properties
using Cascading Style Sheets.
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