Table Problem

J

jk53110

I have just inserted a table 25 rows 15 columns. The problem is that when I
start typing in any of the cells after the second letter is typed the cell
that I am typing in starts to expand and the other columns start to shrink.
How do I stop this.
 
M

Murray

You ignore it. Let the table's contents sort out the table's structure.
Put stuff into the other cells. Eventually the table will fall into shape.
 
J

John Cello

That's actually normal behavior. You've inserted a table set to be a
percentage of the page size, and it will expand\contract cells to take up the
real estate necessary to hit that percent.

If you use tables to lay out your page, you might want to consider making it
and the columns a specified size. Aside from the aesthetic control it gives
you, the browser will render it faster as it doesn't have to do calculations
as it does when a percentage is specified.

Don't know what you're using the table for. Sounds like you want to display
a lot of data. You might want to do a little exploring and look at CSS and
other layout methods to see if they would be applicable to your application.

Hope this helps.

John Cello
www.johncelloconsulting.com
 
G

Guest

Most users create a table within a table with cells, rows, etc

Create a table with spacer file in each cell

To create a vertical or a horizontal rule (using tables), use a 1x1
transparent GIF in a cell with a colored background, then force the table to
collapse on itself by setting the adjacent table cell to 100%

One common method for creating a page layout is to use HTML tables to
position elements. Tables can be difficult to use for layout, however,
because they were originally created for displaying tabular data, not for
laying out web pages.
To streamline the process of using tables for page layout, FrontPage
provides Layout view. In Layout view, you can design your page using tables
as the underlying structure, while avoiding some of the problems that often
occur when creating table-based designs using traditional means. For
example, in Layout view you can easily draw layout cells on your page, then
move the cells where you want them. You can also easily create both
fixed-width layouts and layouts that automatically stretch to the full width
of the browser window.

To download the transparent spacer.gif, (PC) right-click then choose "Save
Picture As", or (Mac) Control+Click then select "Save As". You can save this
file as anything you like, but shim.gif or spacer.gif are often used simply
because FrontPage has used those names when transparent GIF files are
automatically created within their products.

If I would have placed a plain 1x1 spacer gif, you never would have been
able to find it to save it (well, it would have been tough). What I did was
give it a width and height of "20" and a border of "1" so that you could
find it, rest assured that it is actually a 1x1 gif.
 
M

Murray

Huh?

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Murray

Most users create a table within a table with cells, rows, etc

Create a table with spacer file in each cell

To create a vertical or a horizontal rule (using tables), use a 1x1
transparent GIF in a cell with a colored background, then force the table
to
collapse on itself by setting the adjacent table cell to 100%

One common method for creating a page layout is to use HTML tables to
position elements. Tables can be difficult to use for layout, however,
because they were originally created for displaying tabular data, not for
laying out web pages.
To streamline the process of using tables for page layout, FrontPage
provides Layout view. In Layout view, you can design your page using
tables
as the underlying structure, while avoiding some of the problems that
often
occur when creating table-based designs using traditional means. For
example, in Layout view you can easily draw layout cells on your page,
then
move the cells where you want them. You can also easily create both
fixed-width layouts and layouts that automatically stretch to the full
width
of the browser window.

To download the transparent spacer.gif, (PC) right-click then choose "Save
Picture As", or (Mac) Control+Click then select "Save As". You can save
this
file as anything you like, but shim.gif or spacer.gif are often used
simply
because FrontPage has used those names when transparent GIF files are
automatically created within their products.

If I would have placed a plain 1x1 spacer gif, you never would have been
able to find it to save it (well, it would have been tough). What I did
was
give it a width and height of "20" and a border of "1" so that you could
find it, rest assured that it is actually a 1x1 gif.
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