Tables: Create a Basic Table

Insert Table Button Draw Table Button		Insert Table Command Set Table Properties
	There are several ways to create tables in FrontPage 2000: Use the Insert Table button on the Formatting Toolbar. Use the Draw Table button on the Table Toolbar. Choose Table, Insert, Table from the main menu bar.
Insert Table Button	To use the Insert Table button Position your cursor in the location on the page where you want your table to appear. Click on the Insert Table button on the Formatting Toolbar. A table grid will appear.		Insert Table button

	Drag the cursor across the grid to highlight the number of cells corresponding to the number of rows and columns you want in your table. When you release the mouse the table will appear in your page.
Draw Table button	To use the Draw Table button: Choose View, Toolbars, Tables from the menu bar. The Tables toolbar will appear.

	Click on the Draw Table button on the far left of the toolbar. Your cursor will turn into a pencil. Use the pencil to draw your table. Add columns and rows as you wish. To adjust the size of a row or column, center the cursor on a cell border. The cursor will turn into a two-way arrow. Now you can drag it to change the location of the border.		Draw Table button
	To erase a row or column, click on the Eraser button on the Tables toolbar. Your cursor will turn into an eraser. Use the eraser to delete the unwanted cell border.		Eraser button
Insert Table command	To use the Insert Table command from the Main menu Choose Table, Insert Table from the main menu bar. The Insert Table dialog box will appear.

	Fill in the text boxes with the parameters you desire. Click on OK and your table will appear.
Set Table Properties	You can manipulate the properties of the table. Right click on the table and choose Table Properties from the pop-up menu: The Table Properties dialog box will appear.

	In the Layout section at the top of the dialog box you can: align the table on the page set the size of the table border in pixels set the amount of cell padding (space around the content of a table cell) in pixels set the amount of cell spacing (space between table cells) in pixels specify the width of the table in a percentage of the width of the screen or in pixels specify the minimum height of the table
	Note: To accommodate browsers of various sizes, it is preferable to set the table width as a percentage of the screen and to make the table no wider than 95% of the screen.
	In the Borders section in the middle of the dialog box you can specify the colors of the table border. If you specify either a light border color or a dark border color, you can create a three-dimensional effect with your table border. The color in the Light Border box will be the highlight color; the color in the Dark Border box will be the shadow color.
	NOTE: Browsers are especially notorious for choosing not to display colored table borders.
	In the Background section at the bottom of the dialog box you can specify a background image or background color for the table.
	Tables, especially borderless tables, can be used to great effect to force a particular layout design on a web page. However, you will need to tinker with your table by adjusting the table and cell properties. It is a good idea to save and preview the file after every adjustment to your table. VERY IMPORTANT: Be sure to preview the table in both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator before you publish the page. Both browsers have a tendency to interpret table tags and attributes in different ways.