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Revision as of 09:28, 14 July 2016


Instructions

1. Click on the symbol "Table" in the edit toolbar.

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3. Choose your desired table properties.

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  • Enter the number of "Rows" and "Columns" you need.
  • The option “Border size“ allows you to specify the width of the table border. If the border size is "0" or empty, the table will not have any border.
  • You can enter a title in the caption field that will be shown on the top of the table.
  • width describes the tables width.It is advisable to choose "Width"=100% percent. Then the table will automatically align itself to the article width and teh article will not be skewed.
  • Cell spacing describes the space between the cells in the tables in pixels
  • Cell padding describes the space between the cells' borders and the text inside them




4. Clikc "OK" and the table will be displayed.

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Changing the Table Properties

Right click on the table to get the following options.

Editing a table



For example:

  • Delete or insert cells, rows and columns etc.
  • "Merge Right" (or left) to merge two cells to one.
  • Change the colour of a cell: "Cell" -> "Cell Properties" -> "Background Colour"
  • Change basic table properties: Click “Table properties“.


"Advance Option"

You can of course also create a table in the wiki text but this is not that easy. However, once you know what you are doing it is a comfortable tool for editing tables.

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If you are interested, see here or just create one with the editor and see what changes in WikiText result in.

Some basic explanations:

  • Cell spacing describes the space between the cells in the tables in pixels
  • Cell padding describes the space between the cells' borders and the text inside them
  • Width describes the tables width. Note that it is possible to give cells a specific width which will be used for all the cells in a column.


Import Tables from Excel

It is also possible to import existing Excel tables into energypedia. Here, you can find a detailed description of the Excel to wiki import.



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