How to Add a Table to a Web Page With Dreamweaver

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Use tables to arrange text or data on a page, or to keep your page's content aligned. This tutorial provides instructions for Dreamweaver 3.0.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Step 1

Start the Dreamweaver program and open the page the table will be added to.
Step 2

Choose Insert from the menu bar and select Table.
Step 3

Enter the number of rows and columns.
Step 4

Choose the width of the page in either percent or pixels.
Step 5

Type a value for the border. Type "0" to show no border, "1" for a hairline border, "2" for a regular border and so on. Click OK.
Step 6

Resize the table by selecting and dragging the highlighted points on the box.
Step 7

Add the desired content to the table.
Step 8

Make changes to the table by clicking the Modify button from the menu bar and choosing Table, then the desired command.
Step 9

Save the page when finished.
Step 10

Preview it by choosing Preview in Browser from the File menu.

Tips & Warnings

To quickly and easily edit the table's properties, select Window from the menu bar and choose Properties. This will open the Properties control box, which will allow you to make changes to the table.
Some browsers don't support tables, so be sure to offer an alternate page for those tables.