How to create and edit tables?

This article will teach you how to create and customize tables in EasyContent's text editor.

Creating a Table

There are two ways to create a table.

1. Via Table > Table in the menu bar.

2. Via the table icon in the standard toolbar.

The Table Toolbar

The table toolbar is a quick-access toolbar that appears around the table you're currently working on. This gives access to the following options and settings (from left to right):

1. Table properties
2. Delete table
3. Insert row before [currently selected row]
4. Insert row after [currently selected row]
5. Delete the currently selected row
6. Insert column before [currently selected column]
7. Insert column after [currently selected column]
8. Delete the currently selected column

Configuring Table Properties

You can access the table properties in the menu bar via Table > Table Properties (#1) or through the standard toolbar via the table icon > Table Properties (#2) or the table toolbar (#3) by selecting the first option.

The table properties window has two tabs: General and Advanced.

General Table Properties

The General table properties contain the following settings:

• Width - the table's width. You can define a percentage or pixel value.
• Height - the table's height in pixels.
• Cell spacing - individual cell's spacing in pixels (space between each cell).
• Cell padding - individual cell's padding in pixels (space between cell borders and its content).
• Border width - allows you to specify the table border's thickness.
• Caption - allows you to add captions to the table. This will appear underneath the table
• Alignment - allows you to specify the table's alignment around the text.

Advanced Table Properties

The Advanced table properties let you add custom styling to your tables.

• Border style - lets you select border style. For example, you can make the borders dashed, dotted, double, ridge, etc.
  • Note that some styles might not seem to appear. For this, you will need to increase the border width to see their effects.
• Border color - lets you define a color for your table's borders. 
• Background color - lets you define a color for your table's background.