Presenting Information in Lists and Tables

Core Training for Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists

1	To begin creating a bulleted list, click the blank line under the What You’ll Learn heading, and, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have text typed for you. Then press ENTER.
2	To format the text as a bulleted list, click at the beginning of the first line, drag to select the entire list, and then on the Formatting toolbar, click the Bullets button, as indicated.
3	To begin adding an item to a bulleted list, in the Folder List, double-click the serv03.htm file.
4	In the editing window, click below the scroll box on the scroll bar, click at the end of the second item, as indicated, and then to create a new blank line in the bulleted list, press ENTER.
5	To enter text in the new bulleted list line, press SPACEBAR, and the text will be typed for you.
6	To begin creating a numbered list, in the Folder List, double-click the services.htm file.
7	In the editing window, click twice below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, click at the end of the How to Register heading, as indicated, press ENTER, and then press SPACEBAR to have text typed for you.
8	To turn the paragraph into a numbered item, on the Formatting toolbar, click the Numbering button, as indicated.
9	To create a new numbered item, press ENTER.
10	To convert the third numbered item to a regular paragraph, on the Formatting toolbar, click the Numbering button, as indicated.
11	To save the changes made to all the open pages, click the File menu, and then click Save All.

Creating Tables and Entering Information

1	To begin creating a table, on the Standard toolbar, click the Insert Table button, as indicated.
2	To create a table of three columns and ten rows, on the grid, point to the first cell, as indicated, and then drag across and downwards until an area of three cells wide by ten cells high is selected.
3	To view the complete table, click once below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar.
4	To begin creating another table, in the Folder List, double-click the serv02.htm file.
5	To position the insertion point below the heading, click once below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, then click at the end of the Class Schedule heading, and then press ENTER.
6	To begin specifying table properties, click the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Table.
7	To specify the number of rows, in the Insert Table dialog box, under Size, in the Rows box, double-click the 2, and then, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the number typed for you.
8	Under Layout, verify that Specify width is set to 100 percent, and to set the cell padding, click the indicated arrow to the right of the Cell padding box two times.
9	To set the table border thickness to zero, under Borders, click the indicated arrow to the right of the Size box.
10	To finish specifying table properties and create the table, in the Insert Table dialog box, click OK.
11	To view the complete table, click once below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar.
12	To begin drawing a table, in the Folder List, double-click the serv03.htm file.
13	To position the insertion point, click once below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, click at the end of the Class Schedule heading, and then press ENTER.
14	To draw the table, click the Table menu, and then click Draw Table.
15	Click under Class Schedule, as indicated, and then drag the pencil pointer down and to the right, to the indicated location, to create a table of approximately the same size as the previously created tables.
16	To divide the table into two columns, click the center of the upper border, as indicated, and then drag the pencil pointer straight down, until the dashed line connects the upper and lower borders.
17	To add rows to the table, click the indicated point on the left border and drag the pencil pointer straight across, until a dashed line connects the left and right borders.
18	To change the pointer from a pencil back to its original shape, on the Tables toolbar, click the Draw Table button, as indicated.
19	To select all the cells in the table, point to the first cell, as indicated, and then drag the pointer to the lower-right corner of the table.
20	To resize rows, on the Tables toolbar, click the Distribute Rows Evenly button, as indicated.
21	To resize columns, on the Tables toolbar, click the Distribute Columns Evenly button, as indicated.
22	To close the Tables toolbar, on the title bar of the toolbar, click the Close button.
23	To begin entering information in a table, at the top of the editing window, click the serv01.htm* page tab, as indicated.
24	To enter information in the first cell, press SPACEBAR and wait as Class is typed for you, and then press the TAB key.

Editing the Structure of a Table

1	To begin moving information between columns, in the editing window, click in the first cell of the fourth column, as indicated.
2	To select all the cells in the fourth column, click the Table menu, point to Select, and then click Column.
3	To move the selected text, point to the upper-left corner of the selection, as indicated, and drag to the top cell of the third column, as indicated.
4	To open the Tables toolbar, click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Tables.
5	To add a header row to the table, click in the first cell of the second column, as indicated, and then on the Tables toolbar, click the Insert Rows button, as indicated.
6	To enter a column heading, click in the first cell of the table, as indicated, and then, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have Class typed for you.
7	To delete a column, point to the first cell in the fourth column, drag the mouse pointer down to select all cells in the column, and on the Tables toolbar, click the Delete Cells button, as indicated.
8	To begin resizing columns, in the Folder List, double-click the serv03.htm file, and then to view the complete table, in the editing window, click once below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar.
9	To resize the Date column to exactly fit its contents, double-click the right border of the column, as indicated.
10	To adjust all the columns in the table to the exact width of their contents, click in the first cell of the table, as indicated, and then on the Tables toolbar, click the AutoFit to Contents button, as indicated.
11	To begin editing the structure of the table, click the Table menu, point to Table Properties, and then click Table.
12	To align the table to the left, in the Table Properties dialog box, under Layout, click the Alignment arrow, and then click Left.
13	To apply the changes made to the table, at the bottom of the Table Properties dialog box, click OK.
14	To begin splitting a table, at the top of the Page view editing window, click the serv02.htm* page tab, and then click in the indicated cell.
15	To split the table at this point, click the Table menu, and then click Split Table.
16	To split the table again, click below the scroll box on the scroll bar, and click in the indicated cell.
17	To split the table at this point, click the Table menu, and then click Split Table.
18	To begin deleting an entire row, click above the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, and then click in the first cell of the header row, as indicated.
19	To select the entire row, click the Table menu, point to Select, and then click Row.
20	To delete the selected row, click the Table menu, and then click Delete Rows.
21	To insert a centered caption row at the top of the table, click the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Caption.
22	To enter the table title in the caption row, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the title typed for you.
23	To format the table title, triple-click the caption, and then on the Formatting toolbar, click the Bold button.

Formatting a Table

1	To begin formatting a table manually, click the left edge of the header row, as indicated, to select the row.
2	To modify the properties of the header row, click the Table menu, point to Table Properties, and then click Cell.
3	To apply bold formatting and centrally align the text in the header row, in the Cell Properties dialog box, under Layout, select the Header cell check box.
4	To fill the header row with a background color, under Background, click the Color arrow, and then click the indicated square for the color Silver.
5	To apply your changes and close the dialog box, in the Cell Properties dialog box, click OK.
6	To cancel the selection of the header row and view the changes, click the Class Schedule heading.
7	To begin formatting a table on another page, at the top of the Page view editing window, click the serv01.htm page tab, as indicated.
8	To format this table by using a ready-made format, click the indicated cell in the table, and then on the Tables toolbar, click the Table AutoFormat button, as indicated.
9	To select a format, in the Table AutoFormat dialog box, in the Formats list, click three times below the scroll box on the scroll bar, and then click Subtle 1.
10	To ensure that the cells in the first column are formatted similarly, under Apply special formats, clear the First Column check box.
11	To apply the selected format to the table, in the Table AutoFormat dialog box, click OK.
12	To preview the formatted table, at the bottom of the Page view editing window, click the Show Preview View button, as indicated.
13	To display the entire table, click once below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar.
14	To switch back to Design view, at the bottom of the Page view editing window, click the Show Design View button, as indicated.
15	To merge cells that contain the same words, click in the first cell containing the words Spring Splendor, and then drag down to select the next two cells.
16	On the Tables toolbar, click the Merge Cells button, as indicated.
17	To delete the repeated words, click to the right of the first instance of Spring Splendor, drag down to select the second and third instances of the words, and then press the DELETE key.