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A very dependable method of formatting the
placement of the content within a web page is to set up one or more
tables. Tables will keep your content constrained to a selected
area. This is an advantage because you don't know the computer
configuration of the user's browser. Monitor sizes, computer
platform (mac or windows), and browser type (Netscape or Internet
Explorer) all effect how the user will see your web pages.
As an example, let's attempt to recreate the table located
here.As you can see, this page includes text and
images within a table.
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Open a new web page by selecting
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Double-click on the Table tool
in the Objects Palette.
 If the objects
palette doesn't show on your screen. choose Objects from the window
menu.
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The Inspector palette changes to show
you the table properties.
Input the parameters that are
specified above. These are the specifications for the
particular table that we are going to create in this exercise. You
will notice that the table changes according to the parameters that
you input.
Make sure that
Pixels are selected and not Percent.
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Select all four
cells in the first column by holding down the SHIFT key and
dragging your mouse over them.
Alternatively, a column can be selected by holding down the SHIFT
key and clicking the top of the column.
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With the cells selected, the inspector
palette will change to show you the cell properties.
Change the parameters as specified above.
Make sure that
Pixels are selected and not Percent.
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Select all four cells in the second column
by holding down the SHIFT key and dragging your mouse over
them.
Alternatively, a column can be selected by holding down the SHIFT
key and clicking the top of the column.
Repeat Step 6. All settings are the
same as above, except the width is 480 pixels.
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Select all four
cells in the first column again. This time we are going to MERGE
the four cells into one large cell. Click anywhere in the first
column, while holding down the Control key. A menu pops up,
and select Merge Cells.
The desired result:
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