About Conflicts In Table Formatting; Modifying Table Properties - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

About conflicts in table formatting

When formatting tables, you can set properties for the entire table or for selected cells, rows, or
columns in the table (see "Modifying table appearance" on page 91).
When a table property, such as background color or alignment, is set to one value for the entire
table and another value for individual cells, cell formatting takes precedence over row formatting,
which in turn takes precedence over table formatting.
The order of precedence for table formatting is as follows:
Cells
1
Rows
2
Table
3
For example, if you set the background color for a single cell to blue, then set the background
color of the entire table to yellow, the blue cell does not change to yellow because cell formatting
takes precedence over table formatting.
Note: When you set properties for a column, Contribute changes the attributes of the td tag corresponding to each
cell in the column.

Modifying table properties

You can modify alignment, width, border width and color, and background color for a selected
table.
To modify table properties:
In your draft, select the table you want to modify (see "Selecting table elements" on page 83).
1
Do one of the following to open the Table Properties dialog box:
2
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Click the Table button in the toolbar.
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Right-click, then select Table Properties from the pop-up menu.
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