Insert Tables

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Insert Tables

Instructions

1. Click on "Insert" in the edit toolbar and on "Table".

3. Choose your desired table properties.

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% . Then the table will automatically align itself to the article width and the 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. Click "OK" and the table will be displayed.

Example of a table

Changing the Table Properties

Right click on the table to get the following options.

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.

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

Some basic explanations:

• Cellspacing describes the space between the cells in the tables in pixels
  
• Cellpadding 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.