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l Make sure that the position of the Table is absolute. If it's not, right-click the Table and on
the shortcut menu, select Convert to absolute. (This option isn't available for Tables on
a Master Page, as they must always have an absolute position, or be located inside
another element with an absolute position.)
l
Select the Table (see "Selecting an element" on page469) and then, on the Attributes
pane, check the option Allow resizing.
Resizing a Table
l
Click in the table and drag the handles to resize it. Press the Shift key while dragging, to
scale the table proportionally.
l Select the Table (see "Selecting an element" on page469) and type the desired width
and height in the respective fields on the Attributes pane.
l
Select the Table and select Format > Table, on the menu. On the Table tab, change the
width and height of the Table.
Moving a Table
l Click in the table and then drag the border to move the Table.
l Select the Table (see "Selecting an element" on page469) and type the desired Y-offset
and X-offset in the respective fields on the Attributes pane.
l
Select the Table and select Format > Table, on the menu. On the Table tab, change the
Y-offset and X-offset of the image.
Hiding the border
When using a Table to position other elements, you will want to hide the borders of the table.
To do this, set the width of the border to 0; see "Border" on page580.
Text and special characters
The vast majority of templates for personalized customer communications contain, of course,
text. While the most common text element is a <p> or paragraph, other elements such as
Headings (<h1> through <h6>) are also considered text elements. Text elements can be
present within other types of elements such as table cells (<td>), boxes (<div>), etc.
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