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Changing properties of layout cells

Namo Web Editor icon reveal Changing properties of layout cellsTo change the horizontal alignment of the contents of a layout cell
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
    • On the Insert menu, go to the Table group, click the triangle under Layout Box, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
  2. Under Alignment, click the Horizontal box and select an alignment type.
Namo Web Editor icon reveal Changing properties of layout cellsTo change the vertical alignment of the contents of a layout cell
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
    • On the Insert menu, go to the Table group, click the triangle under Layout Box, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
  2. Under Alignment, click the Vertical box and select an alignment type.
Namo Web Editor icon reveal Changing properties of layout cellsTo change the background color of a layout cell
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
    • On the Insert menu, go to the Table group, click the triangle under Layout Box, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
  2. Under Background, click the Color box and select a color.
Namo Web Editor icon reveal Changing properties of layout cellsTo add a repeating background image to a layout cell
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
    • On the Insert menu, go to the Table group, click the triangle under Layout Box, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
  2. Under Background, enter an image file URL in the Image box.
Namo Web Editor icon reveal Changing properties of layout cellsTo change a layout cell’s margins
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
    • On the Insert menu, go to the Table group, click the triangle under Layout Box, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
  2. Under Margins, enter new values in any or all of the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom boxes.

Namo Web Editor icon note Changing properties of layout cellsMargins appear on the inside of a layout cell, so they affect the size of its content area but not the size of the cell itself. If a layout cell also has non-zero borders, the borders are drawn outside the margins.

Namo Web Editor icon reveal Changing properties of layout cellsTo change a layout cell’s borders
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click, and then click Layout Cell Properties.
    • On the Insert menu, go to the Table group, click the triangle under Layout Box, and then click Layout Cell Properties.By default, in Edit mode, layers are shown with gray outlines so that you can see their boundaries. This outline is not visible when the document is viewed in a browser. To hide layer outlines: On the View menu, go to the Display group, and then click Show/Hide Special Tag Marks.
  2. Under Borders, enter new values in any or all of the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom boxes.
  3. Click the Color box and select a color.

Namo Web Editor icon note Changing properties of layout cellsBorders are drawn on the inside of a layout cell, so they affect the size of the cell’s content area but not the size of the cell itself. If a layout cell also has non-zero margins, the margins appear inside the borders.

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