The WYSIWYG Editor's tool for creating tables is a simple tool that is effective for creating tables within the WYSIWYG Editor. However, in some cases, the tables being created or editing might be more easily handled offline and then copied into the WYSIWYG Editor. Example of these cases would be:
- Extremely large tables with lots of cells
- Tables with complex structures involving merged cells
- Tables that require complex display properties
An effective method of building/editing these tables is to create them in an application that allows you to export the table as an HTML page and then using the HTML code of that page in the WYSIWYG Editor. This can be done through Microsoft Office's Word and Excel applications with the following procedure:
- Create your table and its content within Microsoft Office Word or Excel
- Select the 'Web Page Preview' option for this document or export the document as a web page (HTM or HTML) and view the exported document in a web browser
- Choose to view the web page source code from the web browser (this is frequently found in the web browser's 'view' options)
- Copy the content of the source HTML code starting at the <TABLE> tag and ending with the </ TABLE> tag to your clipboard
- Go to the WYSIWYG Editor and switch to the HTML version of the content using the 'Source' button in the toolbar
- Paste your clipboard into the HTML code of the content page in the desired location
- Click the 'Source' button to return to the normal view and verify that the content of the table is properly displayed
Note: In some cases, you may need to adjust the size and border properties of the table to make it properly display to your users.