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Part III
Adding Advanced Design Features
In either case, the percentage set for the table is ignored, and the cell and table expand to accommo-
date the text or image. (For further information on the
nowrap attribute, see the “Cell Wrap” section
later in this chapter.)
FIGURE 13-1
The Table dialog box starts out with a default table of three columns and three rows;
you can adjust it as needed and Dreamweaver will remember your last choices.
The Table dialog box uses what are called sticky settings, displaying your previously used
settings the next time you open the dialog box. This handy feature enables you to set the
border width to 0, for example, and forget about resetting it each time.
If you prefer to enter the table width as an absolute pixel value, instead of the relative percentage, type
the number of pixels in the Width text box and select Pixels in the drop-down list of width options.
With Dreamweaver’s Table Widths feature, you can tell at a glance whether your table and cells
are set to percentages or pixels—and exactly what these values are. The Table Widths feature is a
design-time visual aid that appears above or below (depending on its position in the window) a table
when one or more table cells are active. The widths are presented in two lines: the outermost line
shows the width of the entire table, and the innermost line displays cell-width measurements.
With t ...