The fast and easy way to make a table on SummitPost

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The fast and easy way to make a table on SummitPost

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Created/Edited: Nov 14, 2006 / Nov 15, 2006

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Introduction

6-Step Procedure

Step 1 :

Step 2 :

Step 3 :

Step 4 :

Step 5 :

Step 6 :

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Introduction

I've recently started using tables in pages I've created.
After looking at the FAQ about HTML I made my first table.
This first table was small, therefore quick and easy to manage.

But then I thought if I make a bigger table, it would take a lot of time, and I might forget some "tr" or "td".
So I created a frame I could use over and over, for a faster and easier way to make a table in an SP page.

Maybe some of you already operate like described below... but I thought it would be a good idea to share this with you.

6-Step Procedure

Step 1 :

Open an Excel file and fill-in the cells as shown on the picture underneath.

-> You can change the information about "border", "cellspacing" and "color" the way you like.
-> Fill in the cells between "td" and "/td" with your information
-> I added some "underscores" on each side of the top word to enlarge the columns, but it's not compulsory.
-> It is important to add the "noformat" "/noformat" to take-off any useless space.
-> Save your Excel file for future tables.

-> If you do not have Excel, you can download for free OpenOffice which works as fine (it also includes an equivalent to Word & Powerpoint).

Step 2 :

Select and copy the relevant cells of your Excel file and paste them into a "New Message" in Outlook Express, as shown below.

Step 3 :

Next, select the option "Plain Text" as mentionned below (this shows Outlook Express in French... sorry !)

Step 4 :

Select the whole "no format" text and copy it into your Summitpost page

Step 5 :

Once you're done editing your page, press "Submit Object"

Step 6 :

Final result...

I hope this will be useful.
Eazy peazy, let's get busy !

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RyanS

Very nice!

Voted 10/10

That's the same method I use. As an alternative to using Outlook in step 3, any plain-text editor (e.g. Notepad) will fit the bill.

Posted Nov 14, 2006 8:04 pm


	Myzantrope	Re: Very nice!
	Hasn't voted	Indeed yes. Thanks for your comment.
		Posted Nov 15, 2006 7:55 am

nartreb

skip steps 2 and 3

Hasn't voted

Just select all the relevant cells of the spreadsheet, copy and paste directly into SP. It works fine. In fact it's better, because it leaves blank spaces between your columns so you can more easily recognize and edit them later. (These blank spaces do no harm as long as you use the NOFORMAT tag.)

PS "texte brut" == "plain text".

Posted Nov 14, 2006 8:10 pm


	Myzantrope	Re: skip steps 2 and 3
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for adding this possibility. I'm sure there are several ways to achieve the same goal ;o)
		Posted Nov 15, 2006 7:55 am

Dustiano

I wish...

Voted 10/10

...I saw this two weeks ago! I spent a long time teaching myself how to make a table through trial and error. THANKS!

Posted Nov 14, 2006 9:34 pm


	Myzantrope	Re: I wish...
	Hasn't voted	Pleasure !
		Posted Nov 15, 2006 7:56 am

Steve Larson

Very creative

Hasn't voted

Thanks for posting.

Posted Nov 15, 2006 6:02 pm


	Myzantrope	Re: Very creative
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for reading ;o)
		Posted Nov 16, 2006 7:15 am

William Marler

Very useful

Voted 10/10

Thanks. Cheers William

Posted Dec 9, 2006 4:27 pm


	Myzantrope	Re: Very useful
	Hasn't voted	My pleasure !
		Posted Sep 14, 2007 3:40 am

Vic Hanson

A Big Help!

Voted 10/10

I was doing a tent gear review today and realized I needed to do a table but didn't know how. I remembered seeing the title of your article a while back. I found it and it saved the day, thanks.

Posted May 5, 2007 10:17 pm


	Myzantrope	Re: A Big Help!
	Hasn't voted	Glad that it could help you out ;o) Cheers.
		Posted May 20, 2007 1:26 pm

Nanuls

I've only just seen this

Voted 10/10

Great article, only wish I'd found it earlier, would have saved me a lot of time. Thanks for posting!

Posted Aug 1, 2007 11:52 am


	Myzantrope	Re: I've only just seen this
	Hasn't voted	Pleasure ;o)
		Posted Aug 1, 2007 12:00 pm

argothor

Nice table trick

Voted 10/10

Nice lesson on how to do tables. Never considered using a spreadsheet to set up a table, but now that I see it used it makes perfect sense. One small correction however, for most tags you need an open tag as well as a closing tag, so for the tr tag don't you need a corresponding /tr tag?

Posted Oct 19, 2007 12:56 pm


	Myzantrope	Re: Nice table trick
	Hasn't voted	Yes you need it everytime. The good thing about the spreadsheet is that you can reuse as many times as you want and therefore save a lot of time
		Posted Oct 19, 2007 2:48 pm

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