As an author in Create, when adding a table to a task, you can use table formatting to emphasise key points, change alignment, or style.
You can add tables in task within the Question, Hint or Feedback fields.
How to add a table within a task
Within a task, use the Table icon in the Text editor menu. This will give you the option to set the number of Rows, Columns, and other Table properties (detailed below).
Table properties
Condensed: Makes tables more compact by reducing the cell padding.
Striped: Adds zebra-striping to any table row within the table body.
Hover: Highlights the table rows when you hover over them.
Bordered: Add borders and rounded corners to the table.
Exclude All Borders: Remove borders from the table.
Content Width: Extend table column cells to match the text width.
Disable styles: Remove/Disable table styling.
When your table is created, you can right-click to see these options:
Cell options: Insert cell before or after the selected cell, merge cell, delete the selected cell, split cell, and cell properties (detailed below).
Row options: Insert row before or after the selected row, and delete the selected row.
Column options: Insert column before or after selected column, delete selected column.
Delete Table: Delete the entire table.
Table properties: Change table style, and select headers.
Cell properties
Once a table is created, you can edit the formatting of each cell individually with a right-click, then select Cell > Cell Properties.
The following options for cell properties appear:
Width: sets the width of the table cell specified as pixels.
Height: sets the height of the table cell specified as pixels.
Word Wrap: Wraps the text within the cell if the text would have extended beyond the cell's original width.
Horizontal Alignment: This allows you to select the horizontal alignment of the text within the cell. The options here are left, centre, right, or justify.
Vertical Alignment: This allows you to select the vertical alignment of the text within the cell. The options here are top, middle, bottom, or baseline
Cell Type: This allows you to select the intended purpose of the cell, which affects the text formatting within. The options here are the header ( a descriptive title), or data (simple number or text value).
Rows Span: Allows to control how many rows a table cell should span vertically.
Columns Span: Allows controlling how many columns a table cell should span horizontally.
Background Color: Sets the background colour of the table cell, and can be named with ordinary colours such as "blue" or you can use HTML colour codes such as "#0000FF".
Border Colour: sets the border colour of the table cell. Can be named with ordinary colours such as "red" or you can use HTML colour codes such as "#FABFAB".