MS Front Page Express - Insert Table

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Tip Sheet

Click on the Insert Table icon as shown in the toolbar above.

Click and drag the mouse to select the number of rows and columns you want.

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If you want more rows and columns than are offered in this way, then insert a table by using the Table menu, and typing in the number of rows and columns.

You can choose to have a table with lines showing or not. The width of the line is also your choice. Tables without lines are often used to simulate columns on a web page (as shown in the next line of this text).

Right-Click on the table. You will see a pop-up menu appear. Click on Table Properties
If you want no lines: change Border Size to 0 If you want normal lines change Border Size to 1 Thicker lines will be shown if the Border Size value is more than 1

Background / Cell colours

To colour the background of cells in a table you would follow this process. If you want the whole table to have a background colour, you would follow this from the Table Properties Menu. To change the colour of one or more cells in the table, first click on the cell (or highlight the cells) that you want to change.

Right-Click on the cell / cell selection. Click in Cell Properties
Click on Background Color Custom will give you the opportunity to choose your own colours (see text colours for an explanation on how to do this).