tables cells

[Lisa]

FP 2003 When I drag a cells edge to resize it rather
splits cells rather then resize. Any suggestions.

Thanks

 

[Jim Buyens]

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FP 2003 When I drag a cells edge to resize it rather
splits cells rather then resize. Any suggestions.

Confusing your statement very much is. (Yoda)

Are you working with a Layout Table? If so, that's how
layout tables work. When you resize a layout cell,
FrontPage modifies the underlaying layout table to
accommodate the new cell size without repositioning or
otherwise affecting other cells.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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[Lisa]

When I apply a table and have cells inside and want to
resize them by dragging. can this be done? and can I not
apply a width and height also. Waht is Layout Table?

Thanks

 

[Jim Buyens]

When I apply a table and have cells inside and want to
resize them by dragging. can this be done?

Yes, you just drag the cell border. However:

o Dragging a cell border resizes the entire row or column, not
just the one cell.
o Dragging a cell border always sizes the row or column in terms
of pixels, and never as a percent.

and can I not apply a width and height also.

In fact, that's exactly what dragging a cell border does; it applies
a height or width. Going into Cell Properties and changing the
Height or Width settings makes the same sort of change to the HTML
that dragging a cell border would have.

Waht is Layout Table?

It's another way of using HTML table to position content. First
you add a Layout Table to a page, to act as a drawing surface. Then,
you add Layout Cells to hold your content. FrontPage will add
whatever "invisible" cells are necessary the Layout Table to
position the Layout Cells as you want.

This is the only situation I can think of where dragging a cell
might cause a split.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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[Lisa]

Yes that is what I now realize I was doing. I'm new to
2003 and didn't know there were different types of tables.
Which type of table is better to use? and when you add
the cell shading and borders to a layout cell, how do you
remove it?

thanks

 

[Jim Buyens]

Yes that is what I now realize I was doing. I'm new to
2003 and didn't know there were different types of tables.
Which type of table is better to use?

This is entirely a matter of preference.

and when you add the cell shading and borders to a layout
cell, how do you remove it?

You click the same Apply button a second time.

For example, it you clicked the Bottom Right button to apply
a shadow, you would select the shadowed layout cell and then
click the Bottom Right button to remove that shadow.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
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|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
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