Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible

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Part III

Adding Advanced Design Features

inspector. If, on the other hand, you prefer the older method of increasing and decreasing row or

column span, you can still access these commands through the main menu and the context menus.

To combine two or more cells, first select the cells you want to merge. Then, from the Property

inspector, click the Merge Cells button or press the keyboard shortcut, M. If the Merge button is not

available, multiple cells have not been selected.

To divide a cell, follow these steps:

1. Position your cursor in the cell to be split.

2. From the Property inspector, click the Split Cell button or press the keyboard shortcut,

Ctrl+Alt+S (Command+Option+S). The Split Cell dialog box (shown in Figure 13-12)

appears.

FIGURE 13-12

Use the Split Cell dialog box to divide cells horizontally or vertically.

3. Select either the Rows or Columns option to indicate whether the cell is to be split horizon-

tally or vertically.

4. Enter the number of rows or columns in the text box or use the arrows to change the value.

5. Click OK when you’re finished.

You can achieve the same effect by using the menus. To do so, first position the cursor in the cell to

be affected and then choose one of the following commands from the Modify ➪ Table menu:

Command Description

Increase Row Span Joins the current cell with the cell below it

Increase Column Span Joins the current ...