Column Properties

The properties indicated will be applied to all the cells in the selected column.

When you define properties that must be applied to a column in a table, the COL or COLGROUP tag is added to the table definition while the Group is active

  1. Select the column or columns that you want to change.

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

  3. Click on the Column properties option.

This window has a General tab:

Horizontal Alignment

The horizontal alignment of text inside all the cells in a column can be set to the left (default), right, centered or justified. he following HTML tags are inserted: <COL ALIGN> or <COLGROUP ALIGN>

<col align="center">

or

<colgroup align="center">

Alignment vertical

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

<col valign="center">

or

<colgroup valign="center">

Background color

You can change the background color of the cells in a column. This option does not modify the table’s background color. Click on the button Color button and select the desired color.

Width

The width of cells in a column can be expressed as a percentage or in pixels. To indicate the width as a percentage, place a check mark in the "%" box. If this box is not checked, the value is set to pixels.  The WIDTH attribute is added to the COL tag.

<Col Width="31%">

Group

This option is used to define a group; the COLGROUP code is inserted in the HTML page.

Title

 

When the mouse pointer is moved over any of the cells in a column, the title indicated here will be displayed at the bottom of the table in the Preview window. TITLE="" is inserted in the HTML page.

<col title="column 2">