Cell Properties

The properties you indicate will be applied to the selected cell, that is to the to the command TD or TH. This window has two tabs: General and Advanced.

  1. Select the cell or cells to be modified.

  2. In Table window, click on the Table menu.

  3. Click on the Cell properties option.

The General tab:

Horizontal Alignment

The horizontal alignment of text inside a cell can be set to the left (default), right, centered or justified. The ALIGN attribute is added to the TD tag.

<td width="25" align="left">cell contents </td>

Vertical Alignment

The vertical alignment of text found in a cell could be set to the top, centered (default), bottom or on the cell’s baseline. The VALIGN attribute is added to the TD tag.

<td width="25" valign="center">cell contents </td>

Width

The cell’s width can be expressed as a percentage or in pixels. To enter a percentage, the "%" box should be checked. If the box is not checked, then the value is set to pixels.
The WIDTH attribute is added to the TD.

<TD WIDTH="25">cell contents</TD>

Height

The cell’s height can be expressed as a percentage or in pixels. To enter a percentage, the "%" box should be checked. If the box is not checked, then the value is set to pixels.
The HEIGHT attribute is added to the TD tag.

<td width="60%" height="20%">&nbsp;</td>

Color options

Background
you can change the background color of the cell. This option does not modify the table’s background color. click on the Color button and select the desired color.
The BGCOLOR attribute is added to the TD tag.

<td width="60%" bgcolor="#0000ff">&nbsp;</td>

Border
Only
Microsoft Internet Explorer displays a cell’s border. Click on the button Color and select the desired color.

<td width="60%" bordercolor="#0000ff">&nbsp;</td>

Header cells/
Data cells

 

Indicate if it’s a header cell (TH) or a data cell (TD). Header cells are generally used for the first row or column in a table. They differ from data cells because they are displayed in bold.

<th width="25">&nbsp;</th>

No wrap

The no wrap option prevents word wrapping of text in the cell. It adds the NOWRAP attribute to the command TD or TH.

<th width="25" nowrap>&nbsp;</th>

bmp00007.gif Advanced tab:

These commands apply to Microsoft Internet Explorer only.

Background image

 

With Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can add a background image to a cell. Click on the Open button and select the desired image.

Dark border

 

You can change the color of borders to make them appear darker. Click on the Color button and select the desired color.

Light border

 

You can change the color of borders to make them appear lighter. Click on the Color button and select the desired color.

Title

 

When the mouse pointer is placed over the cell, a title will be displayed at the bottom of the table in the Preview window. TITLE="" is inserted in the HTML page.

<td title="cell">&nbsp;</td>