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Introduction

This article is designed to be a How to guide for creating tables using wiki formating.

Table Elements

Creating a Table

1. {| Curly Bracket followed by a Pipe is used to indicate the beginning of a table.
2. | a Pipe, on a new line, is used to indicate the first cell of a table.
3. |} a Pipe followed by a Curly Bracket is used to indicate the end of a table.

Example:

{| | Text in first cell |}

produces:

Text in first cell

Table Caption

To add a caption for a table, use a Pipe followed by a Plus |+ as the 1^st line in the table.

Example:

{| |+ Table Caption | Text in first cell |}

produces:

Table Caption Text in first cell

Add a Border

To add a border to a table, on the first line after the Curly Bracket and Pipe, type border="1". The higher the number the broader the border.

Example:

{|border="1" |+ Table Caption | Text in first cell |}

produces:

Table Caption Text in first cell

Additional Horizontal Cells

To add additional horizontal cells, place a Pipe | on a new line.

Example (a table with 3 horizontal cells):

{| border="1" |+ Table Caption | Cell 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3 |}

produces:

Table Caption Cell 1 Cell 2 Cell 3

Additional Rows

To add a row, on a new line, add a Pipe followed by a Hyphen |-. Then place a Pipe on the next line for the first cell in the new row.

Example:

{| border="1" |+ Table Caption | Row 1, Cell 1 | Row 1, Cell 2 | Row 1, Cell 3 |- | Row 2, Cell 1 | Row 2, Cell 2 | Row 2, Cell 3 |- | Row 3, Cell 1 | Row 3, Cell 2 | Row 3, Cell 3 |}

produces:

Table Caption Row 1, Cell 1 Row 1, Cell 2 Row 1, Cell 3 Row 2, Cell 1 Row 2, Cell 2 Row 2, Cell 3 Row 3, Cell 1 Row 3, Cell 2 Row 3, Cell 3

Row and Column Headers

To make a cell a row or column header, use an Exclamation Point ! instead of a Pipe.

Example:

{| border="1" |+ Table Caption | ! Column 1 Header ! Column 2 Header |- ! Row 1 Header | Row 1, Cell 1 | Row 1, Cell 2 |- ! Row 2 Header | Row 2, Cell 1 | Row 2, Cell 1 |}

produces:

Table Caption Column 1 Header Column 2 Header Row 1 Header Row 1, Cell 1 Row 1, Cell 2 Row 2 Header Row 2, Cell 1 Row 2, Cell 2

Cell Alignment

Cells can be aligned to be right-justified, centered, or left justified. By default, cells are left-justified.
Right Justification
To right-justify a cell, after the Pipe place the text align="right" followed by another Pipe.
Centered
To center a cell, after the Pipe place the text align="center followed by another Pipe.
Left justification
To left-justify a cell, after the Pipe place the text align="left" followed by another Pipe. This is usually not necessary, as the default is to left-justify.

Example:

{| border="1" |+ Table Caption | ! Column 1 Header ! Column 2 Header |- ! Row 1 Header | align="right" | Row 1, Cell 1 | align="center" | Row 1, Cell 2 |- ! Row 2 Header | Row 2, Cell 1 | Row 2, Cell 1 |}

produces:

Table Caption Column 1 Header Column 2 Header Row 1 Header Row 1, Cell 1 Row 1, Cell 2 Row 2 Header Row 2, Cell 1 Row 2, Cell 2

Terms

• Curly Bracket: { }
• Exclamation Point: !
• Hyphen: -
• Plus: +
• Pipe: |

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