and click OK. The cell splits back into two individual cells as opposed to one. The cell splits into the width values already set for the table. NOTE Dreamweaver's Split Cell dialog always defaults its values to the natural development of the table. Because the table's structure appears to contain two columns overall, Dreamweaver defaults to a two-column split. Also, entering a number greater than the column count of the table results in the split occurring within the left-most cell. Try it on your own to see the results.   Of course, the Split Cells option is also available from the Table submenu in both the context and Modify menus. An alternate way of splitting and merging cells and rows is to use the Increase/Decrease Row and Column Span options available from the Table submenu in either the Context or Modify menus. To use these options, simply place your cursor in the cell that has been merged and select Decrease Column Span or press Ctrl+Shift+[. To split the same cells back up, choose the Increase Column Span option or press Ctrl+Shift+]. These methods are quick alternatives to using the split and merge cell features. Setting Horizontal and Vertical Alignments You can specify horizontal and vertical alignments for a cell by choosing from options available from the Horizontal (Horz) and Vertical (Vert) menus in the Properties Inspector. To demonstrate an alignment, I'll add the intranetsymbolism.gif image to the cell just below the company intranet subheader image. As you would expect, the image looks fine in the cell. The same can't be said after I insert the welcome text (available by dragging welcome.txt into the page) into the cell next to the image. As you can see from Figure 6.26, the image is shifted to the vertical center of the cell. Figure 6.26. Inserting text into one cell causes elements in a second cell that are shorter to align to the vertical center of the cell. [View full size image]   Although this result is perfectly normal, it may not be what you intend. A more desirable result would be to align the image to the top of the cell so that it appears as though the text and image are both aligned to the top of the page. To do this, simply place your cursor into the cell that contains the image and select the Top option from the Vert menu. The image shifts to the top, similar to Figure 6.27. Figure 6.27. The image is aligned to the top of the cell. [View full size image]   TIP It may not seem possible to insert your cursor between the image and the cell because both are sized to 275 pixels. You can however, select the image and then press the right arrow key on the keyboard. This action forces the cursor between the image and cell border, allowing you to choose the Top option from the Vert menu. A second way of selecting the cell is to choose the <td> tag from the Tag Selector.   It's up to you to select the specific alignments for your cells. Fortunately, content can be aligned virtually anywhere in the cell by simply using the options from both menus. NOTE