The Property inspector displays table properties when a table is selected.
You can also use the Format Table command to quickly apply a preset design to a selected table. See Formatting a table with a preset design.
To specify table properties:
| 1 | Select the table. |
| 2 | Choose Window > Properties to open the Property inspector. Click the expander arrow in the lower right corner to see all properties. |
| 3 | To name the table, type a name in the Table Name field. |
| 4 | Choose from the following table layout options: |
| Rows and Cols Set the number of rows and columns in the table. | |
| W and H Set the width and height of the table, specified as a percentage of the browser window or as an absolute value in pixels. It is rare to set the height of a table. | |
| Align Aligns the table to the browser's left (the default setting), right, or center in 4.0 and later browsers. To center a table for 3.0 browsers, select the table and choose Text > Alignment > Center. | |
| V Space and H Space Specify the amount of space (in pixels) to leave around the top and bottom and the left and right of the table, respectively. | |
| Clear Row Heights and Clear Column Widths Buttons delete all table row height and column width values, respectively, from the table. | |
| Convert Table Widths to Pixels Button converts the table width from a percentage of the browser window to its current width in pixels; click the Convert Table Widths to Percent button to convert the current width in pixels to a percentage of the browser window. | |
| 5 | Choose from the following cell layout options: |
| CellSpace Sets the amount of space between a table's cells. | |
| CellPad Sets the amount of space between a cell's contents and its edges. When cell spacing and cell padding are not assigned specific values, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Dreamweaver all display the table as if cell spacing were set to 2 and cell padding were set to 1. | |
| 6 | Set these options to format borders: |
| Border Sets the width of the border around the table in pixels. Most browsers display the border as a three-dimensional line. If you are using the table for page layout, specify a border value of 0. To view cell and table boundaries when border is set to 0, choose View > Table Borders. | |
| Light Brdr and Dark Brdr Set border colors that have a highlight and shadow effect, respectively, to give a three-dimensional appearance to the border. (To return to the default gray shades, remove the color values and leave the boxes blank.) | |
| Brdr Sets the border color for the entire table. | |
| 7 | Use the Bg options to set the background image or background color for the table. |
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