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You can add tables to your help center articles by clicking the table icon () in the article editor toolbar. Once created, you
can use table formatting tools to customize your table content and properties.
You can add tables to content blocks, where you can format and edit them for reuse across your knowledge base. You can also create tables in the article editor and create content blocks from the tables. When you do this, the tables are converted to the table editor used in content blocks, and are editable from there. See Creating and inserting reusable information with content blocks
This article contains the following topics:
Adding a table to an article
To add a table to an article
- In a new or existing article, place your cursor where you want to add the table.
- In the article editor toolbar, click the table icon.
- In the table formatting menu, move your cursor over the grid to select the
number of rows and columns you want to include in the table.
The table is added to your article. Click in any cell in the table to expose the contextual menu, then use the tools and menu options to format your table. See Using the table formatting tools.
Editing a table
After you've inserted a table, you can change formatting options for the table. For example, you can delete or add rows and columns, change cell properties, or delete the entire table. You can also change cell dimensions for rows or columns in a table to specify a specific row height or column width.
To edit the table properties
- In an article with a table, click in any cell in the table to expose the contextual menu.
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Use the tools and menu options to format your table. See Using the table formatting tools.
- When you've made your formatting changes, click Save.
To delete, move, or add space around the table
- In an article with a table, hover over the table to expose the table
options.
- Use the table options as follows to complete the available table actions:
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Move the table: Click the table selector (
) and drag it to a new location within the article.
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Delete the table: Click the table selector (
) then press delete on your keyboard.
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Add a blank line above or below the table: Click the left arrow
(
) icon at the top left side of the table to add a row above the table. Click the same icon at the bottom right side of the table to add a row below the table.
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Move the table: Click the table selector (
- When you've made your formatting changes, click Save.
To resize a table row or column
- In an article with a table, click and drag to select all of the cells in the row
or column you want to resize.
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Click the Cell properties icon (
) to open the Cell properties modal.
- In the Dimensions section, configure the width and height fields to match
your desired row height or column width. If you're changing the:
- Row height, then in the Height field, type the desired height (in pixels) of the row you selected.
- Column width, then in the Width field, type the desired width (in pixels) of the column you selected.
- Click Save.
Using the table formatting tools
Once the table is added to your article, you can add content by clicking inside a cell and using the table formatting tools to change cell and text properties. Refer to the following table for more details about the table formatting tools and what you can do with them.
Tool | Name | Description |
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Toggle caption on | Lets you enter a table caption that is displayed and centered at the top of the table. |
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Merge cells | Select cells, then click to merge, or click the down arrow to select additional merge and split options. |
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Cell properties | Displays the Cell properties window where you can set the
following options:
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Column | Click the down arrow to select the following options:
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Table properties | Displays the Table properties window where you can set the
following options:
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Row | Click the down arrow to select the following options:
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Select table | Select the table to perform the following actions:
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45 comments
Taeha Hanshaw
Can this article please be updated? I do not have the “Advanced” tab to adjust border color of tables or border line size to make my borders stand out more on tables within Guide. If someone can point me to an article that outlines how to change the border color or the border line size, I'd appreciate it.
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Trapta Singh
Hi Colleen,
Yes you can. But for that you need to change the code a bit and where ever you want to add the border you need to add the class in the article source code.
You can use below snippet for the same:
.article-body .add-border table, .article-body td, .article-body th {
border: solid 1px #000;
}
Now, for the articles where you want to add the border, you need to add an add-border class at the top of the source code.
Let me know if this works for you.
Thanks
Trapta
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Colleen Huck
1263169208350 thanks that worked!
Is there a way to apply it to individual guides versus the template as a whole? We don't always need the full borders.
Further is it there any way to choose where you apply borders? (like in Excel or Word how you can have them on only the right or top of a specific cell)
Thanks!
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Trapta Singh
6811483528602 try adding below code at the bottom of style.css file.
.article-body table, .article-body td, .article-body th {
border: solid 1px #000;
}
Let me know how it goes for you.
Thanks
Trapta
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Colleen Huck
1263169208350 is there specific coding we need to use to have cell borders on all 4 sides? I added both a table border colour and cell border colour and while I can see it in edit mode, when I preview/publish the border is only on the top and bottom of the cells.
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Zsa Trias
Hello Freyja,
I have found this article that can help: Why don’t table settings in the editor match the published article?
As mentioned there, by default, the Guide theme CSS overrides the cell padding you have set up through the table properties editor. The article also provides a code snippet that you can insert into your theme to have your cell padding reflected appropriately.
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Freyja
Hello, I have a question regarding formatting tables. Every time I create a table (new table or copy and paste from another doc) the format change completely when I publish the article. I understand that is normal for the way the editor has been conceived and I understand there is a way to add a defining code on the css theme (not supported by Zendesk). But my question is: how can I avoid this? I have recently created a table on a doc and it's impossible to keep the same format between cells even I used the same parameters. How can I create a table that is "stable"? Thanks
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Neil
As mentioned in the article above.
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CS_process_info_mgmt
Hello, the advanced option for cell properties is missing, any idea how to have it back?
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Zach Brown
Thanks for looking into it Dane Adriano. I'll contact through Messaging.
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