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Table properties |
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The Table properties dialog box is used for modifying a table appearance. It consists of several tab pages:
The bottom part of each tab page has a window that displays the current appearance of your table.
The Template tab page
Use the Template tab page to do the following:
- Select one of the given table appearance templates
- Save the current table appearance as a template
- Set one of templates as a default one
All table settings and templates are stored in the HtmlTables.def file located in the GoldenSection Notes program folder.
Example of the Table properties dialog box, the Template tab page:
The Table appearance field group:
| Current table |
The table appearance will be based on the current table. |
| Template |
The table appearance will be based on one of templates that you select from the dropdown list. |
| Save as template |
Enables you to save the current table appearance as a template. The Query... dialog box appears requesting you to enter the name of a new template. |
| Set as default |
Marks the current template as a default one. Newly made tables will be based on this template. |
The Appearance tab page
Use the Appearance tab page to select a background for the table and specify its width.
Example of the Table properties dialog box, the Appearance tab page:
You can use the Picture section to load an image that will be used as a table background. To load an image, click the Load... button. The loaded image will be displayed in the bottom pane of the Table properties dialog box under the image of the table itself.
Now you can change the filling pattern:
- By tiles - the image is repeated for the entire background of the table
- Center - the image is displayed once in the center of the table
- Stretch - the image is stretched to cover the entire area of the table.
To remove a table background, click the Load... button once again and use the view image dialog box that appears on the screen to delete the image.
The Table width field allows you to set table width in percentage or pixels. Set 50% if you want the table to cover the half of the editing dialog box's width. Depending on the size of the dialog box, table width may change and stretch exactly to the half of the current dialog box width. If you set table width as 200 pixels wide, the table will be exactly 200 pixels wide regardless of the width of the dialog box.
The Table tab page
Use the Table tab page to select a table cell and header colors, customize table border properties and its color.
Example of the Table properties dialog box, the Table tab page:
The Border field group:
| Width |
Changes the table border width |
| Horizontal spacing |
Changes the horizontal spacing between a border and a cell (both left and right table borders) |
| Vertical spacing |
Changes the vertical spacing between a border and a cell (both top and bottom table borders) |
Dropdown menu for color selection:
Cell - allows users to change color of all table cells.
Header - allows users to change color of the table header.
Use the Border dropdown list to set up an appearance and coloring of table borders. This list contains possible border appearance options:
- Raised
- Lowered
- Color
- Raised Color
- Lowered Color
Depending on your selection of the border type, the following border color selection fields become available:
Border for the Color type; Light and Shadow for the Raised Color and Lowered Color types.
The Cell tab page
The Cell tab page helps you customize the appearance of table cells.
Example of the Table properties dialog box, the Cell tab page:
The Border field group:
| Width |
Changes the cell border width |
| Horizontal spacing |
Changes the horizontal spacing between table cells |
| Vertical spacing |
Changes the vertical spacing between table cells |
The Cell padding field enables you to change the indent between table cell borders and a text in the cell.
Use the Border dropdown list to customize appearance and coloring of table cell borders. This list contains possible cell border appearance options:
- Raised
- Lowered
- Color
- Raised Color
- Lowered Color
Depending on your selection of the border type, the following cell border color selection fields become available:
Border for the Color type; Light and Shadow for the Raised Color and Lowered Color types.
The Rules tab page
The Rules tab page helps you customize the appearance of table separators.
Example of the Table properties dialog box, the Rules tab page:
There are two field groups of separator settings: Horizontal rules and Vertical rules.
| Color |
Modifies the color of a separator. |
| Width |
Modifies the width of a separator. With a width of 0, a separator becomes invisible. |
| Visible outermost rules |
Enables you to display an outermost separator between a table border and cells. |
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