Tables are a great way to organise and display data in an interesting and easy-to-read format on your website.
Creating a Table
- Click into the content area of the page on your website where you require a table.
- Select the Table icon from the Edit tab OR select the Templates icon and then Styled Template if you have this template on your site.
Table Properties
- For Styled Tables the properties will already be set. For Standard Tables, the Table Properties window will appear immediately.
(you can right click on the table and choose table properties at any time to edit the settings)
- Type the number of Rows and Columns required.
Note: Set the width to a percentage e.g. 100%. If you have a Responsive website, this will mean that your content scales accordingly, in turn displaying appropriately on mobile and tablet devices.
- Press OK to close the Table Properties window and place the table on your page.
Adding and Deleting Table Rows
- Locate the table and place your cursor where you would like to add a new Row.
- Right-click and select Row.
- In the pop-out menu, select whether you would like to:
- Insert Row Before - Insert a new Row above your cursor.
- Insert Row After - Insert a new Row below your cursor.
- Delete Rows - Deletes the Row containing your cursor.
Adding and Deleting Table Columns
- Locate the table and place your cursor where you would like to add a new Column.
- Right-click and select Column.
- In the pop-out menu, select whether you would like to:
- Insert Column Before - Insert a new column to the left of your cursor.
- Insert Column After - Insert a new column to the right of your cursor.
- Delete Columns - Deletes the column containing your cursor.
Table Cell Properties
- Locate the table and place your cursor where you would like to edit an individual Cell Property.
- Right-click and select Cell.
- In the pop-out menu, select Cell Properties.
- In the Cell Properties window, you can configure lots of options for an individual cell, such as:
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- Width - Cell width in pixels or percentage.
- Height - Cell height in pixels.
- Word Wrap - Wrap text onto a new line within the defined cell width.
- Horizontal Alignment - Align text horizontally left, centre, right or justify
- Vertical Alignment - Align text vertically to the top, middle, bottom or baseline.
- Cell Type - Define a cell as data or header content.
- Rows Span - Specifies the number of rows a cell should span.
- Columns Span - Specifies the number of columns a cell should span.
- Background Color - Type a Hex colour code for the background or click Choose to display the colour picker.
- Border Color - Type a Hex colour code for the border or click Choose to display the colour picker.
Saving
Select Save on the Edit tab and choose the desired save option:
- Save & Publish
- If you see this option, you can save and publish your item immediately to make it live on the website.
- If you have purchased our School News Mobile App, Administrators or Publishers can select the option to send a notification to subscribed app users.
- Save Draft
- This will allow you to save your item without publishing it, and return to continue editing via Drafts on the Home tab
- Send for Approval
- This option enables you to send an item to be reviewed and approved by either an Administrator or Publisher. Once approved this item will be made live on the site.