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Set the properties of a table

1. In Page view, right-click the table.
2. Click Table Properties on the shortcut menu. 

Then do one or more of the following:

Set the layout of the table

Set one or more of the following (or you can use the default values):

• Alignment   Set the position for the table on the page.
• Float Specify whether you want text to flow around the left or right of the table. If you do not want text to flow around the table, select Default.
• Cell spacing  To change the space between the table cells, type a number in the box.
• Cell padding  To change the space between a cell border and its content, type a number in the box.
• Width   Set of the width of the columns in pixels or percentage.
• Height   Set the height of the columns in pixels or percentage.

Set the borders of the table

Set one or more of the following (or you can use the default values):

• Size  Type the width you want for the table border in pixels. If you do not want a border, type 0.
• Color  To set one color for the table border, select a color from the list.
• Light border and Dark border  To set a two-color border for a three-dimensional effect, select colors from the lists.
• Show both cells and table borders  Select if you want colors to apply to both cells and borders.

Set the background of the table

• Do one of the following:

  Set the background color of the table

  Under Background, in the Color list, select a color for the table background.

  Show a background picture in the table

  1. Under Background, select the Use background picture check box, and then click Browse.
  2. Select the background picture by doing one of the following:
     • 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 

•  The background picture you select will be tiled unless you are using cascading style sheets to make it behave otherwise.
• Click the Style button (if it is available) to access other options for formatting your table using cascading style sheets as an inline style.