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TableFormattingdialog
TheTableFormattingdialogdefineshowatablelooks.Notethatthesettingsareappliedtothetableas
awhole.Forexample,whenyouchangetheborderofthetable,thebordersofcellsinsidethetablewill
notbechanged.Formoreinformationsee"Stylingatable"onpage689.
AllsettingsinthisdialogareinfactCSSproperties.CascadingStyleSheets(CSS)wereoriginally
designedforusewithwebpages:HTMLfiles.SinceDesignertemplatesareHTMLfiles,theyarestyled
withCSS.TolearnhowtouseCSSintheDesigner,see"Stylingandformatting"onpage671and"Styl-
ingtemplateswithCSSfiles"onpage672.Forinformationaboutspecificpropertiesandtheiroptions,
seeW3SchoolsCSSReference.
Note: Usingviewportbasedunits(vw,vh,vmin,vmax)inPrintsectionsisnotrecommended.
ThismaycausedifferencesbetweenthepreviewintheDesignerandtheprintedoutput.
Table Tab
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General group:
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Width:Setthewidthofthetableinmeasureorpercentage.EquivalenttotheCSS
widthproperty.
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Height:Settheheightofthetableinmeasureorpercentage.EquivalenttotheCSS
heightproperty.
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Angle:Settherotationangleofthetableinclockwisedegrees.Equivalenttothe
CSStransform:rotateproperty.
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Corner radius:Settheradiusofroundedbordercornersinmeasureorpercentage.
EquivalenttotheCSSborder-radiusproperty.
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Display:Usethedrop-downortypeinthevalueforhowtodisplaythetable.Equi-
valenttotheCSSdisplayproperty.
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Overflow:Usethedrop-downortypeinthevalueforhowtohandleoverflow(text
thatdoesnotfitinthecurrentsizeofthebox).EquivalenttotheCSSoverflowprop-
erty.
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Text wrap group:
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Float:Usethedrop-downortypeinthevalueforhowtofloatthetable,ifthetableis
notinanabsoluteposition.EquivalenttotheCSSfloatproperty.
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Clear:Usethedrop-downortypeinthevalueforclearingpre-existingalignments.
EquivalenttotheCSSclearproperty.
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Positioning:
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