Tables

HTML Author can convert simple Word for Windows tables into HTML 3 table tagging. In the current version of HTML Author, this facility is restricted to tables with straighforward rows and columns. Merging of cells across more than one row or column (the ROWSPAN and COLSPAN parameters in HTML) is not currently supported.

Column and row headers may be obtained by setting the appropriate cells to any Heading style. These cells will not be given a heading style in the HTML file, but will be tagged with the <th> HTML tag (table heading). Centred text in the Word table will be centred in the generated HTML file.

Captions are supported, and may appear either immediately above or immediately below the Word for Windows table. If the Word table has a caption above it, any caption appearing below will be ignored. If a caption is sandwiched directly between two tables, it will be interpreted as belonging to the table above it unless that table already has a caption above it. When the HTML is rendered by a suitable browser, the position of the caption will be determined by the browser.

NOTE. HTML Author currently cannot handle paragraph breaks within a cell. If you wish to break a line of text within a cell, you should use manual line breaks (shift & Return) rather than paragraph breaks. (This is usually what is intended anyway.)