Creating tables


    The heart of page design usually begins with one or more tables that define the structure of a page. In addition to displaying information in rows and columns, you can design tables to create visually rich page layouts. You can insert text and many kinds of objects from the Objects palette into a table cell, including images, nested tables, Photoshop files, and QuickTime movies. Or, add a sliced Photoshop file to a page with the Smart Photoshop object to automatically generate a Smart Table for the optimized image slices. (See Adding sliced Photoshop images.)

    Tip Positioning text and objects using tables is even easier if you use a GoLive layout grid with layout text boxes. (See Using the layout grid.)

To create a new empty table:

    Do one of the following:

    • To place a table at the insertion point with a specific number of rows and columns, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you drag the Table icon in the Basic set of the Objects palette. Release the mouse button when the desired number of rows and columns appear.
    Illustration of Interactive pop-up table in the Objects palette with these callouts: A. Table icon B. Dragging to define columns and rows
    Interactive pop-up table in the Objects palette A. Table icon B. Dragging to define columns and rows
    • Double-click the Table icon in the Basic set of the Table palette to place a table at the insertion point, or drag the Table icon to the document window.

To create a table from an existing table or cells:

    Do one of the following:

    • Select one or more cells in an existing GoLive table, and choose Edit > Copy. Then place an insertion point and choose Edit > Paste.
    • Select one or more cells in an existing GoLive table. Move the pointer over the black square in the upper left corner of the selection until the pointer changes to a hand; then drag the selection to a new location.

To create a table from an existing table in a different application:

  1. In an application other than GoLive, select and copy the table or cells you want to paste.
  2. In GoLive, select an existing table cell that you want to be the upper left corner cell of the content you copied, and then choose Edit > Paste.
  3. The table creates additional rows and columns as needed to include all of the information that was copied.

    Original table (top) and after (bottom) pasting a table copied in a different application
    Original table (top) and after (bottom) pasting a table copied in a different application

    TipTo create a Smart Table from a sliced Photoshop file, drag a Smart Photoshop object from the Smart set of the Objects palette onto your page and reference a sliced Photoshop file. (See Adding sliced Photoshop images.)