You may draw borders around cells, rows, columns, or the table itself. Setting a border for the table itself draws a border around the four sides of the table, but not around individual cells.
A border has five components: width, color, pattern, space inside, and space outside. You can set these values for the top, bottom, left, and right separately, or you can set all four sides at once.
When you create a new table, it has no borders.
Borders for cells, rows, and columns draw in the same space. If a cell has a border, and its row has a border, and its column has a border, you will see only one border, not three (assuming that the borders are the same width). Pagesmith chooses borders in the same way it chooses background colors: it looks first for an cell border, then a column border, then a row border, then the default cell border.
Sometimes you might set a border for the default cell, and want certain cells not to have a border. You can override the default cell border by applying a border to the selected cells and setting the border width to zero.
Space inside refers to the space between the border and the text conent area. It is analogous to padding in html tables. Increasing the space inside the border decreases the available space for drawing cell content.
Space outside refers to the space between the border and its outside boundary. It is analogous to a margin in html tables. Increasing the space outside the border decreases the available space for drawing cell content.
To add a border to the table:
Adding a border to the table increases the size of the table on the page; it does not affect the size of any rows, columns, or cells.
To add a border to the selected rows, selected borders, selected cells, or default cell:
To modify a border:
A border’s width, space inside, and space outside affect the available space for drawing cell content.