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.
Select the cell or cells to be modified.
In Table window, click on the Table menu.
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. <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. <td width="60%" height="20%"> </td> |
Color options |
Background <td width="60%" bgcolor="#0000ff"> </td> Border <td width="60%" bordercolor="#0000ff"> </td> |
Header 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"> </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> </th> |
Advanced tab:
These commands apply to Microsoft Internet Explorer only.
Background image
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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
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You can change the color of borders to make them appear darker. Click on the Color button and select the desired color. |
Light border
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You can change the color of borders to make them appear lighter. Click on the Color button and select the desired color. |
Title
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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"> </td> |