Formatting tables & Graphics

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1. How do I set up tables?
2. How can I change cells ?
3. Adding graphics
4. Formatting images

How do I Set up Tables?

There are three approaches

• Simple approach  Go to Table menu and select 'Insert Table'

        Look at the set up screen below.  This sets up the basic design of table.  The widths,
       borders etc can all be altered later.    

• Complex approach  Go to Table menu and select 'Draw Table'

        This allows you to place the cursor where you want the table to appear, hold down left
        mouse button and draw out table.  If you place drawing pencil again inside a cell you
        can draw out more cells.  In this way a complex table design can be built up.

• Use Templates Go to File menu - New - Page Now you can select one of the different layouts available.  The program calls the navigation columns 'Side Bars', but they are actually just extra columns

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How Can I change cells

You have two options when you want to format the table/cells you have created

1. Click with RIGHT HAND mouse button inside cell to open up service menu.  This allows you to change the cells using 'Insert Row', 'Insert Column' and 'Split Cells'.  You can also set cell, table and page properties here.

• Have a look at some of the things you can do in the diagram below.

        2     Go to Table menu and select one of the options such as  'Table properties'.  You
             can also merge and split cells from here.

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Adding Graphics

You can add graphics from your system or the clip art library that are stored on file.  When you save your page the embedded files will be saved into your 'web'.
Pictures can be in the following formats: GIF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, TGA, RAS, EPS, PNG, PCD and WMF. FrontPage will save them to either GIF or JPEG into your 'web'.

• Put cursor where you want picture
• Go to Insert menu - Picture.  You are given the choice of Clip Art, File or Video

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Formatting my images

On web pages you do not have the same freedom as in a DTP program to position images and their associated text.
You can do the following things

• Align the image to left, centre or right using the formatting options on the formatting toolbar.
• Resize the graphic by clicking on the image and dragging the resize handles.
• You can align text alongside the picture as can be seen on the image below.
• Formatting controls can be seen by right clicking on the image and selecting 'Picture Properties' from the service menu.

This text is aligned to top of the image. The text is set to start a short distance from image.

• More operations can be carried out from the Pictures Toolbar. Go to View menu and select 'Toolbars' to activate the toolbar.  The toolbar becomes active when the picture is selected. You can have writing over images by 'sending it to the back', move images to desired location when it is in background, rotate image, flip image, change contrast and brightness, crop image and position 'hot spots ' for carrying out commands

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