Adobe 38040334 User Guide - Page 206

DREAMWEAVER CS3 199 User Guide Make Widths Consistent Resets the width specified in the HTML for each cell in the table to match the width of the content within that cell, if you have fixed-width cells in your layout. Remove All Spacers Removes spacer images (transparent images that are used to control the spacing in your layout) from your layout table. Note: Removing spacer images might cause some columns of your table to become very narrow. You should generally leave spacer images in place unless each column contains other content that will keep the column at the desired width. Remove Nesting Removes a layout table that's nested inside another layout table, without losing any of its contents. The inner layout table disappears; the layout cells that it contained become part of the outer table. Set column width You can set a column to a specific width or make it stretch to fill as much of a browser window as possible (autostretch). You can also specify a minimum width for a column using a spacer image. The first time you insert a spacer image, you set up a spacer image for the site. You can set preferences for spacer images. Making a column autostretch before your layout is complete might have unexpected effects on table layout. To prevent columns from growing wider or narrower, create your complete layout before making a column autostretch, and use spacer images when making a column autostretch. (However, if each column contains other content that will keep the column at the desired width, you don't need spacer images.) If you see two numbers for a column's width, then the column width set in the HTML code does not match the column's apparent width on the screen. You can make the width specified in the code match the visual width. Note: You need to be in Layout mode to use these options. Also note that sometimes the column menu is at the bottom edge of the columns. Make a column autostretch 1 Do one of the following: • Click the column header menu and select Make Column Autostretch. • Select a cell in the column by clicking an edge of the cell, and select Autostretch in the Property inspector. Note: You can make only one column in a given table autostretch. 2 (Optional) If you have not set a spacer image for this site, the Choose Spacer Image dialog box appears and you can set which image to use, and click OK. A wavy line appears at the top or bottom of the autostretch column. Double bars appear at the tops or bottoms of columns that contain spacer images. September 4, 2007