Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 On Demand

8. Working with Web Page Tables

What You’ll Do

Work with Tables

Switch Between Table Modes

Insert a Table in Standard Mode

Modify a Table

Add Content into a Table

Import and Export Table Data

Add Columns or Rows to Tables

Resize Columns and Rows

Split and Merge Cells

Sort Table Data

Change Table Properties

Change Cell, Row, or Column Properties

Use a Tracing Image

Create a Nested Table

Introduction

Although tables give designers control over the positioning of images and text on the page, tables were originally intended for displaying tabular data, not for use in page layout. Designers saw tables and thought that if they can hold, position and control tabular data, maybe they can hold other information. That started the use of tables for ...