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VERY BASIC & VERY SIMPLE TO USE Tables can be intimidating to many people. Here is a simple and easy way to create a very basic table. When writing text, like this tute, and not wanting it to run border-to-border on the screen, you can create a simple 80% table such as you are seeing here. This means you will be using only 80% of the screen...which makes it much easier to read and comprehend. Here are the codes for this 80% screen: <CENTER> <table width="80%"> <tr> <td> ...and at the end of your text: </td> </tr> </table> </CENTER> The <CENTER> at the beginning is necessary to place the content of the table in the middle of the screen. To make it easier for me, I use <CENTER> </CENTER> in caps to separate it from other <center> </center>'s in lower case that I might have within the table area. Little tricks like that help me keep the syntax in half-way decent order. You can change the 80% to whatever percentage works best for you. For example.... |
| This paragraph is written in a 60%-width table using the same html codes as above. It uses only 60% of the screen area and is great for indenting several lines of text...or for making a list of things such as I have in my midi and mods sites. |
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If you're working with a gif or jpg image, you may prefer or need to use a pixel number for the width of the table. Our LBB screen is 608 pixels wide...so
• an 80% table would be <table width="486">...and • a 60% table would be <table width="365">. Here again, use whatever number works best for you and gives you the end result you're trying to accomplish. |