Click on the button in the toolbar if the table cannot be discerned. With the cursor in a table, the items on the table menu become active. Cell background image. Tables provide another way to gain some control over formatting. Be careful, however, one can specify a cell or table width that is wider than the web surfers browser and this can make the table difficult to read.
Tables can have colored borders, background color and images.
Dialog boxes to try playing with include the Table Properties dialog box on the Table menu and the Cell properties dialog box on the Table menu. Cell properties override Table properties. Tables can be used to organize a page. Tables are very useful for embedding images in text, as in the Koosh picture earlier. Tables also permit the construction of truly chaotic, confused, and ugly pages.