Splitting cells within a table - problems!

[Chris McLean]

When I split a cell in the middle of a table into a number of columns, I do
not seem to be able to change the width of the columns within this cell
without affecting the size of cells in the rows above and below. Is there
any way around this - i.e. to split a cell without affecting anything else
in the table? I have tried inserting a new table within the cell and
dividing this up, but when I do that it the borders do not match up exactly
with the larger table.
Chris

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

This is how tables/cells work. You can get around this issue by insert a
table(s) (nested)within your cell(s), and then divide the table as needed.

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[Thomas A. Rowe]

Sorry, didn't read your complete post. You have design your page in such
away that you can used nested table without the border showing. This may
require you to have additional nested tables to arrive at the layout you
want.

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[Larry Bud]

When I split a cell in the middle of a table into a number of columns, I do

not seem to be able to change the width of the columns within this cell
without affecting the size of cells in the rows above and below.

That's by design...

Is there
any way around this - i.e. to split a cell without affecting anything else
in the table? I have tried inserting a new table within the cell and
dividing this up, but when I do that it the borders do not match up exactly
with the larger table.

You need to make the cell padding/spacing of each table equal to 0,
then it will all line up. Then you'll have to do something to handle
spacing required to make the table readable, such as applying a style
to the text in the table to insure extra spacing.