Right-Click on the Cells to Set the Cell Properties Right-click on the selected cells and select
Table Cell Properties from the context menu, or go to the
Table menu and select
Table Properties .
The
Table Properties dialog box appears and has two tabs that are loaded with attributes that you can apply to the table. On the
Table tab of the dialog box, you can set the number of columns and rows, the width and height of the table, the border width of the table, and the spacing and padding of the cells, which enables you to add space around the edges of the tables. Padding adds space between the content and the edge of the cell, making more room around the edges of the table. Cell spacing makes the space between two cells wider.
The
Cells tab of the dialog box has all the attributes you can assign to either individual cells or to groups of cells in columns or rows. You can modify your selection in the
Selection area, which makes it easy to select a whole column or row if you haven't done so before you opened the dialog box. In the
Size area, you can set the width and height of the selected cells.
The
Content Alignment area enables you to control where the content in your cells lines up. The
Cell Style drop-down box enables you to set the cell as a normal cell or a header cell (the difference between which is beyond the scope of this book). The
Text Wrap is a handy drop-down box that enables you to adjust content that won't wrap or continue to the next line. You can select cells and can set column headings that won't resize, no matter what the user does on his screen. Experiment and enjoy the control you will have over your page format.
Want more customizations? The background color lets you set a color for the cells that is either the color of the page background or some other color to enable you to set a row or column off.
TIP
The best way to figure out how to use Cell Padding and Cell Spacing is setting the padding to 10 or so. Now set the border width to 10 or 20. That is one change. Now set the spacing to 10 or so and the border width to 10 or 20. Observe the changes carefully .