Unable to drag Table cell borders to change dimension

[Dave]

I've got a simple table in Frontpage 2003(3 rows, 5
colums) with the first row serving as a header. I'm
trying to merge cells 2 and 3 in that row to insert a
gif. When I merge the cells, the resulting height of the
row increases from 40 to about 60 pixels (though the
height is still set at 40 in the properties page). I
cannot drag the lower cell border up, it just snaps back
and I cannot seem to use the Height property to manually
reset the dimension. The table is set at virtually 0,0
on the page with no visible borders on the table.

Thanks!

 

[Jon Spivey]

Hi,
1/ you should never adjust table cell dimensions by dragging the borders. I
know it looks easy but it aint going to work - adjust a width properly by
typing a pixel or % width.
2/ never set the height of a table cell - a table cell is going to make
itself whatever height it wants to. If you want to force a cell to be say
300 pixels high put something in the cell (even if it's a transparent gif)
that's 300 pixels high.

Tables can be a law onto themselves - I think you should invest some time
experimenting (bearing in mind the 2 points above) to find out what works
and what doesn't

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

PS

Also when your merge cells, the content inside of them (say each has a <p> tag) will cause the table cell to grow - just delete the
content of the cells before merging

--




| Hi,
| 1/ you should never adjust table cell dimensions by dragging the borders. I
| know it looks easy but it aint going to work - adjust a width properly by
| typing a pixel or % width.
| 2/ never set the height of a table cell - a table cell is going to make
| itself whatever height it wants to. If you want to force a cell to be say
| 300 pixels high put something in the cell (even if it's a transparent gif)
| that's 300 pixels high.
|
| Tables can be a law onto themselves - I think you should invest some time
| experimenting (bearing in mind the 2 points above) to find out what works
| and what doesn't
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Jon
| Microsoft MVP - FP
|
| | > I've got a simple table in Frontpage 2003(3 rows, 5
| > colums) with the first row serving as a header. I'm
| > trying to merge cells 2 and 3 in that row to insert a
| > gif. When I merge the cells, the resulting height of the
| > row increases from 40 to about 60 pixels (though the
| > height is still set at 40 in the properties page). I
| > cannot drag the lower cell border up, it just snaps back
| > and I cannot seem to use the Height property to manually
| > reset the dimension. The table is set at virtually 0,0
| > on the page with no visible borders on the table.
| >
| > Thanks!
|
|