Table problem

[pam r]

I'm making a simple website using a regular table (not the table layout feature) and I can't control the table cells. The entire web page (and pages based on it) is a table structure that I want to display completely (with no background). My index page looks okay, but when I create other pages based on it, and change the body text, the top row adjusts in height, and the column width adjusts to my new text. I want the table to NOT change dimensions but there must be some setting that is making it autofit the text and I don't know how to turn it off. Can anyone help?

Also, does Frontpage work like Word with templates, where you can create templates (not dynamic ones, don't know what those are yet!) and base pages on them, and then if you alter the template you can update your pages?

 

[chris leeds]

welcome to the wonderful world of "nested tables", because that's going to
be the easiest way for you to do what you want. there are other more modern
ways but nested tables would fit the bill.
it's where you'd drop a new table (even 1 row by 1 column) into the cell
that you want to put that particular content into. you can then set the
size etc., of each table.

you can also save a FrontPage .htm page as a template, just click the file
type drop down on the save as dialog box. I never do this but prefer to
make a template with the tables and stuff just like I want. I also use the
FrontPage include page feature to make it easy to change like all the
headers or whatever from just one location, then I save the page like any
other. when I need a new one I just right click the page in the folders
pane and paste. edit the content and stuff rename the page to something
meaningful.

HTH

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I'm making a simple website using a regular table (not the table layout

feature) and I can't control the table cells. The entire web page (and pages
based on it) is a table structure that I want to display completely (with no
background). My index page looks okay, but when I create other pages based
on it, and change the body text, the top row adjusts in height, and the
column width adjusts to my new text. I want the table to NOT change
dimensions but there must be some setting that is making it autofit the text
and I don't know how to turn it off. Can anyone help?!

Also, does Frontpage work like Word with templates, where you can create

templates (not dynamic ones, don't know what those are yet!) and base pages
on them, and then if you alter the template you can update your pages?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Tables/Cells will always expand to hold whatever content is inserted into them.

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I'm making a simple website using a regular table (not the table layout feature) and I can't

control the table cells. The entire web page (and pages based on it) is a table structure that I
want to display completely (with no background). My index page looks okay, but when I create other
pages based on it, and change the body text, the top row adjusts in height, and the column width
adjusts to my new text. I want the table to NOT change dimensions but there must be some setting
that is making it autofit the text and I don't know how to turn it off. Can anyone help?!

Also, does Frontpage work like Word with templates, where you can create templates (not dynamic

ones, don't know what those are yet!) and base pages on them, and then if you alter the template you
can update your pages?

 

[pam r]

I AM using nested tables. Here's the deal. I made this table and then added tables with the cells to insert the content. I made a template of the main page and then created multiple pages based on it. Now when I go into the other pages to change the text, the cells are going haywire as far as width and height. And I can't adjust the width and height, neither by dragging cell borders or going into cell properties and putting a fixed ht or width in there. Bear in mind I'm using old style tables, not layout tables
How do I a)find out the exact width/ht of a particular cell. I have my ruler displayed but want to know the exact exact measurement. b)Once I know the exact dimensions of a cell, how to I apply the dimensions to another cell on another page, since I'm not succeeding with the Cell Properties dialog box. c)How do I make sure my entire table covers the screen completely in a browser
Could I send a file to a location for you to look at
Thanks!

 

[pam r]

Yes tables expand to hold content, but how do you make them not change ht or width but rather retain an exact size? I'm using nested tables. I want my table to cover the page and need to be able to change content in cells without the thing losing it's size/shape. As I replied to Chris Leeds, I can't manually drag the changed cell's borders back into shape, nor set the ht or width in the cell properties dialog box. What's up with that?!

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Trial and error, really. Table/Cell values are minimums and how they display depends on the browser,
version and the OS, etc.

I create all of my web projects using tables / nested tables, etc. and it took a while to actually
get use to working with tables, but once you do, then you can create all most any type of page
layout.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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Yes tables expand to hold content, but how do you make them not change ht or width but rather

retain an exact size? I'm using nested tables. I want my table to cover the page and need to be able
to change content in cells without the thing losing it's size/shape. As I replied to Chris Leeds, I
can't manually drag the changed cell's borders back into shape, nor set the ht or width in the cell
properties dialog box. What's up with that?!