Think of these cells as a Layout mode visual aid,
which suggests where additional cells may be added. If you switch to Standard mode, you see that the table
in Figure 13-20 actually consists of three cells and doesn??™t extend to the right side of the page as shown in
Layout mode.
FIGURE 13-20
Standard mode shows only the actually defined table cells.
As indicated earlier, the Draw Table command is best suited for creating nested tables. Just as its name
implies, a table is nested when it is placed within an existing table. Nested tables are useful when a design
requires that a number of elements??”for example, a picture and a related caption??”remain stationary in
relation to one another, while text on the page flows according to the size of the browser window.
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To create a nested table in Layout mode, follow these steps:
1. Click the Layout button in the Layout category of the Insert bar.
2. Click the Draw Layout Table button, also in the Layout category of the Insert bar.
3. When the cursor is over an area of the table unoccupied by a layout cell, the cursor changes to a
plus sign, and a layout table can be dragged out. (When not over a valid area, the cursor is shown
as a slashed circle??”the universal sign for not allowed.
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