Difference between revisions of "Help:How to make tables"
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Tables can help you put a lot of information in to a concentrated space. They are a little bit difficult to make so only read this if you are already farmiliar with how text formatting works. To start a table make a line with just "{|" and nothing else. On the next line put "|-" which means you are starting to put information in for the first row of the table. On the next line put a "|" which means you are making a cell in the row and put the contents of that cell on the rest of the line. On the next line put an other "|" and the contents of the second cell. To start the second row put "|- on the next line to signify a new row. Make a line at the end with "|}" to finish the table. Below you can see an example of what you would type to make a table and what it makes in the article. | Tables can help you put a lot of information in to a concentrated space. They are a little bit difficult to make so only read this if you are already farmiliar with how text formatting works. To start a table make a line with just "{|" and nothing else. On the next line put "|-" which means you are starting to put information in for the first row of the table. On the next line put a "|" which means you are making a cell in the row and put the contents of that cell on the rest of the line. On the next line put an other "|" and the contents of the second cell. To start the second row put "|- on the next line to signify a new row. Make a line at the end with "|}" to finish the table. Below you can see an example of what you would type to make a table and what it makes in the article. | ||
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| − | To make the thing above I | + | To make the thing above I actually used a table. I made a row with a cell ''You type'' and a cell ''You get''. Then I made a new row with a cell for the box with the code in it and a cell with a table inside it (you can put tables inside tables). Using a table was the only way I could have made it look like that. Tables can give you a lot of control over your page. As you can see, the table above does not have and lines between the cells. Read on to see how you can add atributes like this to tables. |
Revision as of 23:13, 19 January 2008
Tables can help you put a lot of information in to a concentrated space. They are a little bit difficult to make so only read this if you are already farmiliar with how text formatting works. To start a table make a line with just "{|" and nothing else. On the next line put "|-" which means you are starting to put information in for the first row of the table. On the next line put a "|" which means you are making a cell in the row and put the contents of that cell on the rest of the line. On the next line put an other "|" and the contents of the second cell. To start the second row put "|- on the next line to signify a new row. Make a line at the end with "|}" to finish the table. Below you can see an example of what you would type to make a table and what it makes in the article.
A simple table
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
{|
|-
|''Cabin''
|''Number of campers''
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
To make the thing above I actually used a table. I made a row with a cell You type and a cell You get. Then I made a new row with a cell for the box with the code in it and a cell with a table inside it (you can put tables inside tables). Using a table was the only way I could have made it look like that. Tables can give you a lot of control over your page. As you can see, the table above does not have and lines between the cells. Read on to see how you can add atributes like this to tables.
