Tables

Simple Tables

This help file is designed to show you a way of creating tables within an article.

Simple table example

1 {|
2 |+Table Title
3 !Header of column 1
4 !Header of column 2
5 |-
6 |Column 1 row 1 normal data
7 |
8 *Column 2 row 1 Bullet point data
9 |-
10 |Column 1 row 2 data
11 |Column 2 row 2 data
12 |}

Line 1 Table Start, Line 12 Table End, Lines 5 & 9 New Row

Table Title

Header of column 1	Header of column 2
Column 1 row 1 normal data	Column 2 row 1 Bullet point data
Column 1 row 2 data	Column 2 row 2 data

More complex table example

1 {|style="color:red; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" border="1"
2 |+ align="bottom" style="color:#e76700;" |Table Title
3 !Header of column 1
4 !Header of column 2
5 |-
6 |Column 1 row 1 normal data
7 |
8 *Column 2 row 1 Bullet point data
9 |-
10 |colspan="2"|Column 1 row 2 data + Column 2 row 2 data row merged
11 |}

Line 1 Start table & set text colour red, table background yellow-ish, set border style
Line 2 Set table title to the bottom of the table , set the colour & italic
Lines 5 & 9 New row
Line 10 merge row data across 2 columns
Line 11 End table

Table Title

Header of column 1	Header of column 2
Column 1 row 1 normal data	Column 2 row 1 Bullet point data
Column 1 row 2 data + Column 2 row 2 data row merged

Command Breakdown

colspan=* This merges * column's of data into one cell
style= This sets various styles for the table e.g. color for text colour & border="1" border pixel size
color= This sets the colour.
Simple method - red green blue silver black yellow ect...
Advanced method - #aabbcc	aa = hex 00 to ff for red eliment of your chosen colour	bb = hex 00 to ff for green element of your chosen colour	cc = hex 00 to ff for blue element of your chosen colour
align= sets alignment e.g left, right, center, top, bottom

Advanced Tables

Advanced Table Example

Start table and set width to 100% and a 1 pixel width border Table title Start of table New row New row New row New row all centered

Table caption goes here

Header Column 1	Header Column 2	Header Column 3	Header Column 4	Header Column 5
Column 1 row 2 Cell background colour (rrggbb) Red Green Blue elements	Column 2 row 2	Column 3 row 2	Column 4 row 2	Column 5 row 2 Test right justified
Column 1 & 2 Merged row 3 Column merging		Column 3 row 3	Column 4 row 3	Column 5 row 3
Column 1 row 4	Column 2 row 4 & 5 Merged Row merging	Column 3 row 4 Cell background colour	Column 4 row 4	Column 5 row 4
Column 1 row 5		Column 3 row 5	Column 4 row 5	Column 5 row 5

End table

Table caption goes here

Header Column 1	Header Column 2	Header Column 3	Header Column 4	Header Column 5
Column 1 row 2	Column 2 row 2	Column 3 row 2	Column 4 row 2	Column 5 row 2
Column 1 & 2 Merged row 3		Column 3 row 3	Column 4 row 3	Column 5 row 3
Column 1 row 4	Column 2 row 4 & 5 Merged	Column 3 row 4	Column 4 row 4	Column 5 row 4
Column 1 row 5		Column 3 row 5	Column 4 row 5	Column 5 row 5

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