Creating a TeacherWeb

Horizontal lines and tables

Horizontal lines and tables can improve the appearance and organization of your page. Tables allow you to place graphics and text on specific places on the screen. Many sites use hidden tables to improve screen design with precise layouts.

Experiment with paragraph formatting:

Step	Action	Result
1	Position your cursor between 2 paragraphs and click the horizontal line button.	You should see a horizontal line appear. Double-click or right click the line to change its height, width, and alignment.
2	In the Interests, Activities, and plans section, insert a table by clicking the table button.	The table dialog box allows you to specify the dimensions and appearance of the table. For now, use the default settings. When you click OK, you'll see a squished table appear on your page.
3	To insert text within the table, click in a cell and type. You can also copy and paste to a cell. Copy and paste professional interests into the top left cell and activities into the bottom left cell. Enter your own text into the other 2 cells.	Your table should look like this:
4	Each row, column, and cell of the table has properties. Let's try changing the color and alignment of the second row. Click in the bottom left cell and select Format -> Table from the menu. Click "Row" to change the row properties.	In the resulting dialog box, chenge the vertical alignment to Top and select a row color by clicking the color box. When you click OK, your second row will be top aligned and a different color. Can you change the width and color of the top left call?
5	To add a row, select Insert -> Table -> Row Save and browse your page.	Notice how the empty cells appear in the browser.

Horizontal lines and tables

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