Inserting a Table

One of the characteristics of working in html is that it does not recognize spaces or tabs to align text and graphics. Another characteristic is that text is very fluid - adjusting to individual user computers. Sometimes this means that text will scroll off the screen and visitors to your page have to scroll back and forth to read it. This is not only annoying but difficult in maintaining context.

The way to control both these situations is with tables. Text and graphics inserted into a table cell or cells will stay where you put it. You can also instruct the browser in how to resize your text to fit correctly into your visitors' screens so that it doesn't run off the page.

Inserting a table is easy. With your cursor on your page:

Click on Table from the menu bar

Choose Insert - Table...

Choose the number of columns and rows. (Note: you can start off with 1 column and 2 rows - one row for your content and one row for your signature file - for your home page. You can always adjust the number of rows or columns later by choosing Table - Insert - Rows or Columns...)

Adjusting content to fit individual monitor screens:

With your cursor anywhere in the table, select

Table from the menu bar

Choose Properties - Table

In the top right of the dialogue window click next to Specify width: type in 100 and click next to percent. Click on the Apply button then the OK button. Note that if you want your page to print out correctly, you should specify your table size as 535 in pixels, which will fit your content to an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet.

Hiding table border

All tables in FrontPage have a border around them by default. If you want the border to contain your content but not show on your web page you can turn it off by following these steps:

With your cursor anywhere in the table, select

Table from the menu bar

Choose Properties - Table

Under Borders - Size: click on the downpointing arrow and choose "0"

Click on the Apply button then the OK button.

See also how to add color to your table

For more information on working with tables, see the FrontPage table tutorial (only viewable from on campus).