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Adding a Table to Your Page

A table can be a collection of text or images arranged in rows and columns. You can add images or text to a table, shade it, use headings etc. Each row & column interval is called a cell. You can choose to use to use a table with the cells visible on the website, or invisible and only evident to you while editing to help with the organization of its contents.

NOTE: You need to have popups allowed from www.resumes-247.com in your browser in order to access the Table functions.

In the editor the following attributes have the following properties:

Row: allows you to specify how many rows (down) are required in your table.
Column: allows you to specify how many columns (across) are required in your table.
Width: allows you to specify what percentage of the page section the width of the table will span.
Bgcolor: allows you to specify the background color of the table.
Cell spacing: allows you to specify the size of the spacing between each cells.
Cell padding: allows you to specify the size of the space that will be left clear between the wall of the cell and the contents of the cell.
Border: allows you to specify the width of the border.

To insert a table:

1. Move your mouse into the content area of your web page, and ensure that the cursor is in the location that you want to add the table.
2. click the "Insert Table" drop down icon (ctrl + t) on the editor toolbar. A new window will pop-up with the following fields: Rows - number of rows in table; Columns - number of columns in table; Width - width of table; BgColor - background color of table; Cell Padding - padding around cells; Cell Spacing - spacing between cells and Border - border around cells.
3. Fill in table details then click the "Insert Table" button to insert table, or click "Cancel" to go back to the editor.

To access any of the following table features, either click on the "table"drop down menu, or click the right mouse button ensuring that the mouse cursor is within the table.

Modify Table Properties
This command allows you to change the properties that were specified when the table was first created.

To modify table properties:

1. Select a table or click anywhere inside the table to modify, then
2. Click the "Modify Table Properties" option from the tables menu. A pop-up window will appear with the table's properties.
3. Make the changes as required, and then click the OK button to save, or click Cancel to cancel any changes and leave the table as it was.

Note: this function will not work if a table has not been selected.

Modify Cell Properties
This command allows you to modify the properties the cell of the table selected.

To modify cell properties:

1. Click inside the cell you wish to to modify, then
2. Click the "Modify Cell Properties" icon. A pop-up window will appear with the cell properties.
3. Make the changes as required, then click OK to save your changes, or click Cancel to go back to the editor.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected and does not work across multiple cells.

Insert Row Above
You may find that after creating a table, you need to add an additional row. Instead of creating another table from scratch, you can add a row where you need.

To insert row above:

1. Click inside cell above which to insert a row,
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Insert Row Above" option.

Each consecutive click will insert another row above the selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Insert Row Below
You may find that after creating a table, you need to add an additional row. Instead of creating another table from scratch, you can add a row where you need.

To insert row below:

1. Click inside cell below which to insert a row
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Insert Row Below" option.

Each consecutive click will insert another row below the selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Delete Row
You may find that after creating a table, you need to delete row that is no longer needed.

To delete a row:

1. Click inside cell which is in the row to be deleted
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Delete Row" option.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Increase Row Span
After the table is created, you can increase the span of a specific row with this command (i.e. merge 2 cells together)

To increase row span:

1. Click inside cell which you wish to increase the span of
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Increase Row Span" option. This will cause the selected cell to be merged with the cell below it.

Each consecutive click will further increase the row span of selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected, or if there is no cell below the selected cell.

Decrease Row Span
This command will undo a previous "Increase Row Span" command, if you should decide that you don't want the cells merged together.

To decrease row span:

1. Click inside cell that you wish to decrease the span of
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Decrease Row Span" option.

Each consecutive click will further decrease the row span of the selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected, or if the cell does not have a previously increased row span.

Insert Column to the Right
You may find that after creating a table, you need to add an additional column. Instead of creating another table from scratch, you can add a column where you need.

To insert column to the right:

1. Click inside cell after which to insert a column
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Insert Column to the Right" option.

Each consecutive click will insert another column after the selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Insert Column to the Left
You may find that after creating a table, you need to add an additional column. Instead of creating another table from scratch, you can add a column where you need.

To insert column to the left:

1. Click inside cell before which to insert a column
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Insert Column to the Left" option.

Each consecutive click will insert another column before the selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Delete Column
You may find that after creating a table, you need to delete a column that is no longer needed.

To delete a column:

1. Click inside cell which is in the column to be deleted
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Delete Column" option.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Increase Column Span
After the table is created, you can increase the span of a specific column with this command (i.e. merge 2 cells together)

To increase column span:

1. Click inside cell which you wish to increase the span of
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Increase Column Span" option. This will cause the selected cell to be merged with the cell to the right.

Each consecutive click will further increase the column span of selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected, or if there is no cell to the right of the selected cell.

Decrease Column Span
This command will undo a previous "Increase Column Span" command, if you should decide that you don't want the cells merged together.

To decrease column span:

1. Click inside cell that you wish to decrease the span of
2. Click the Table menu and then click the "Decrease Column Span" option.

Each consecutive click will further decrease the column span of the selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected, or if the cell does not have a previously increased column span.