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Set the background in a table or cell
You can specify a background color or picture for a table or its individual cells.
In Page view, do one or more of the following:
Set
the background color for a table
- Right-click the table, and then click Table Properties on the shortcut menu.
- Under Background, in the Color list, select a color for the table background.
Set
the background color for a cell
- Position the insertion point in the cell, right-click, and then click Cell Properties
on the shortcut menu.
- Under Background, in the Color list, select a color for the cell background.
Show
a background picture in a table
- Right-click the table, and then click Table Properties on the shortcut menu.
- Under Background, select the Use background picture check box, and then click Browse.
- Select the background picture:
- If you know the name of the picture Type the name in File name,
and click Open.
- If the picture is on a local drive or network In the Look in box, locate
the picture you want. Or, click one of the buttons in the left of the dialog box to locate
the picture. Then click Open.
- If the picture is on the World Wide Web Click World Wide Web
.
In your Web browser, browse to the picture that you want, and then switch back to
Microsoft FrontPage. The location of the page you visited will be displayed in the File
name box. Click Open.
Notes
- If you set a background color for the table, it will only be visible if the background
picture has a transparent color.
- The background image will be tiled (repeated) unless you are using a cascading
style sheet to make it behave otherwise.
Show
a background picture in a cell
- Position the insertion point in the cell, right-click, and then click Cell Properties
on the shortcut menu.
- Under Background, click the Use Background picture check box, and then click Browse.
- Select the background picture:
- If you know the name of the picture Type the name of the picture in File
name, and click Open.
- If the picture is on a local drive or network In the Look in
box, locate the picture you want. Or, click one of the buttons in the left of the dialog
box to locate the picture. Then click Open.
- If the picture is on the World Wide Web Click World Wide Web
.
In your Web browser, browse to the picture that you want, and then switch back to
Microsoft FrontPage. The location of the page you visited will be displayed in the File
name box. Click Open.
Notes
- If you set a background color for the table, it will only be visible if the background
picture has a transparent color.
- The background image will be tiled (repeated) unless you are using a cascading
style sheet to make it behave otherwise.