Tables are a useful way to control the layout of your emails because they accommodate simple designing in the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) content editor.
If you want to place images amongst text, such as editable banners and footers in Office Documents, you can create a 1 column x 3 rows table with no border, inserting your images into the top and bottom cells. This will ensure that the layout is set the same across different email clients like Outlook or Gmail.
Another tip is if you'd like to style your bullet points in a different way to the list, as in a different size or colour to the text. Simply put your bullet points in one column and the text in another.
When you right-click on a table in the content editing window, you will see a number of options. Table Properties will take you back to the settings you made when making the table, which you can go back to edit or update as you like. Please note that the number of rows and columns is now set in place, but you can insert new ones individually, according to where you want them to be inserted.
Right-click on a cell in the table and:
- Column – Insert Column Before, Insert Column After, Delete Columns
- Row – Insert Row Before, Insert Row After, Delete Rows
- Cell – Insert Cell Before, Insert Cell After, Delete Cells
The Cell menu also allows you to:
- Split Cell Horizontally – this will break your cell into two halves side by side.
- Split Cell Vertically – this will break your cell into two halves, one on top of the other.
- Merge cells – select multiple adjacent cells before using this function to convert them into one cell.
Cell Properties takes you to a pop up window with more settings you can choose for individual cells:
- Width and Height: Set specific dimensions for the selected cell in pixels or percentage (for width only).
- Word Wrap: Yes or No - select whether words will wrap to fit in the cell.
- Horizontal Alignment: Left, Central, Right - this changes the position of the text within the cell.
- Vertical Alignment: Top, Middle, Bottom, Baseline - this changes the position of the text within the cell.
- Cell Type: Data is this is the default setting, allowing you to format the text as you please. Header allows you to quickly convert a cell's text to header formatting (large and bold).
Rows Span and Columns Span - This will spread your cell across a number of rows or columns, similar to having a large merged cell (however, there will be empty spaces at the other side of the table). - Background Color: This is a useful way to give different cells different background colours, within the same table. Select from a range of web safe colours or insert your preferred colour's hex value.
- Border Color: In Internet Explorer, you can also select a colour for a border around the cell. Select from a range of web safe colours or insert your preferred colour's hex value.
If you need any advice on how to create a table according to your requirements, feel free to sign up for a webinar or get in touch with the Support team.
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