Macromedia Contribute 3 Tutorial

Formatting Tables

Contribute provides you with several options to make your tables attractive and organized. It can take a basic table, such as the examples in the previous section, and make them more visually attractive very easily.

With the cursor in any part of a table, select "Format Table" from the table menu.

This will open a window where you can select a design from a list of already created designs.

As you scroll through the list you can see a preview of what your table will look like if you choose that design. You also have the ability to set advanced options for your table. To use this click the Advanced tab at the top of this window.

In this window you can specify the exact color and style for your rows, columns and headers. When you click OK they will be applied to your entire table. You could for example, leave all options blank except to have your tables alternate between a white and a light gray color, which is a common design technique used to make tables easier to read.

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