Create a table

You can create a table to display information or to lay out text and graphics on a page.

In Page view, do one of the following:

Insert a table and set its properties

1. Position the insertion point where you want to insert the table.
2. On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Table.
3. In the Rows box, type the number of rows you want.
4. In the Columns box, type the number of columns you want.
5. In the Alignment box, select the position for the table on the page.
6. In the Border size box, type the width you want for the table border in pixels. If you do not want a border, type 0.
7. To change the cell padding of the table (the space between a cell's border and content), enter a number in the Cell padding box.
8. To change the cell spacing of the table (the space between cells), enter a number in the Cell spacing box.
9. To change the width of the table, do one of the following:
   • Select In pixels, then type the width you want the table to be in pixels.
   • Select In percent, then type a percentage of the screen width you want the table to be.

Note   The properties that you specify for the new table will be used as the default properties the next time you create a table.

Create a simple table

You can create a simple table just by specifying the number of rows and columns. Default properties will be used for the table.

1. Position the insertion point where you want to insert the table.
2. Click Insert Table , then drag down and to the right until the number of rows and columns you want in the table is displayed.

Create a table by drawing it

You can create a table by drawing the table and cells, rather than by specifying the number of rows and columns.

1. On the Table menu, click Draw Table. Microsoft FrontPage opens the Tables toolbar with Draw Table selected.
2. On your page, draw the outside border of the table by dragging from the upper-left corner to the lower-right corner of the table.
3. To make cells, draw vertical and horizontal lines within the table.
4. To remove any lines you do not want, click Eraser on the Tables toolbar, drag across the unwanted line, and then when the line turns red, release the mouse button.
5. When you have finished drawing the table, click Draw Table on the Tables toolbar so that the button is no longer selected.

Convert text into a table

• To convert text that has been delimited into a table, do the following:
  1. Select the text you want to convert to a table.
  2. On the Table menu, point to Convert, and then click Text To Table.
  3. In the Convert Text to Table dialog box, specify the character used to separate the text (commas, paragraphs, etc.). Click None to create a one-celled table.

• To convert text that has not been delimited into a table, do the following:
  1. Type separator characters — such as commas — where you want to divide text into columns and rows. For example, use commas to divide columns, and use paragraph marks to mark the ends of rows.
  2. Select the text you want to convert to a table.
  3. On the Table menu, point to Convert, and then click Text To Table.
  4. In the Convert Text to Table dialog box, specify the character you used to separate the text (commas, paragraphs, etc.). Click None to create a one-celled table.

For example, the following text:

Name, City, Age
Jeff Smith, Redmond, 30

Converts to:

Tip

Because HTML does not directly support tab characters, it is recommended that you do not use tab characters as your text delimiter.