As you can see from Figure 6.20, you can access the cell-based Properties Inspector by simply placing your cursor within a cell. Figure 6.20. The cell-based Properties Inspector becomes available when you place your cursor into a cell. [View full size image]   The top portion of the Properties Inspector exposes the text-based formatting options covered in Chapter 3, but the bottom portion of the Properties Inspector outlines key properties (moving from left to right) supported by table cells including: Merging and Splitting Cells Horizontal and Vertical Alignment Width and Height No Wrap Header Background Image Background Color Border Color Page Properties To demonstrate these properties, let's format the cells in the Content table. Changing Cell Widths and Heights So far, you've seen how to manipulate the width and height of the table as a whole. The cells within a table however, function slightly different. Earlier in the book, we selected the Content table and assigned it a width of 640 pixels. The table is inserted at the 640 pixel width, but by default, the width of each cell is given a width equal to the width of the table divided by the number of cells in the specific row. So in our case, the cells appear to have a width of roughly 320 pixels each. Although this may have seemed to be the case, in fact, inserting images (subheader_about.gif and subheader_companyevents.gif) into the first and third cells of the first column reveals otherwise. As you can see from Figure 6.21, inserting content into the first cell shifts the cells out of proportion. Figure 6.21. Insert an image into the first cell to see the cells shift out of proportion. [View full size image]   Although this outcome doesn't seem all that clear at first glance, it becomes obvious with some explanation. Dreamweaver initially makes an attempt to proportionately size your tables, but it always relies on your manually setting the size of the cells individually. Because we didn't set the size of each cell, Dreamweaver accommodates the addition of content in the first cell by automatically moving the cells over to the right, essentially freeing up room for you to work. The lack of cell widths are also evident from the Table Widths Visual Aid. As Figure 6.22 indicates, while a set width exists for the table, the two individual width values for the columns are empty. Figure 6.22. Cell width values are missing from the Table Widths Visual Aid. [View full size image]   Setting the width of columns (which sets the width of each cell within the column) in the Properties Inspector is just as simple as it was for the table. To set the widths of our two columns, follow these instructions: 1. Place your cursor into a cell in the first column. Immediately the Table Widths Visual Aid becomes available.