Advanced Content Tips For the most part, the FirstClass Client will handle almost any kind of display that you wish.  However, there are some restrictions.  For example, Tabs, though they work fine in the Client, do not render out content to the web in the same way.  I recommend using the Indent paragraph options of the FirstClass editor to have your text stand out. Using the Table Feature to Display Tabular Text FirstClass version 8 now supports a very robust table feature. This is a very good way to display tabular data on your web site. Creating tables To create a table: 1       Click where you want to insert the table. 2       Choose Edit > Table > Insert Table. Selecting table elements To select a row, position the cursor to the left of the row. Click when the cursor looks like this: To select a column, position the cursor above the column. Click when the cursor looks like this: To select a cell, position the cursor in the blank space around the cell content. Click when the cursor looks like this: You can select content in table cells just as you do content elsewhere.         Notes Clicking in a cell makes that cell, and that table, the active cell and table. Formatting commands work on the active cell and table, just as if they were selected. You can also use the arrow keys to move from cell to cell. Extending selections To select additional rows or columns, Shift-click them. If a cell is selected, you can select the next cell in the row or column by pressing Shift plus the appropriate arrow key. You can also click the top left cell of the area you want to select, then drag the cursor and release it at the bottom right cell. Formatting tables To change the formatting of a whole table: 1       Click anywhere in the table. 2       Choose Format > Format Table. Adding rows To add a row to a table: 1       Click the row below where you want to insert the new row.         Tip To insert more than one row, select the number of rows that corresponds to the number of rows you want to add. The new rows will be placed above the selected rows. 2       Choose Edit > Table > Insert Rows. Adding columns To add a column to a table: 1       Click the column to the right of where you want to insert the new column.         Tip To insert more than one column, select the number of columns that corresponds to the number of columns you want to add. The new columns will be placed to the left of the selected columns. 2       Choose Edit > Table > Insert Columns. Formatting selected cells To change the formatting of selected cells: 1       Choose Format > Format Cells.         Shortcut To change the width of any column except the last one, position the cursor over the right border of the column. Drag the column border when the cursor looks like this: Moving rows and columns To move a row or column: 1       Select the row or column. 2       Choose Edit > Cut. 3       Click the row below where you want the row inserted, or the column to the right of where you want the column inserted. 4       Choose Edit > Paste. Deleting rows and columns To delete a selected row, choose Edit > Table > Delete Rows. To delete a selected column, choose Edit > Table > Delete Columns. Merging cells You can merge two or more selected cells in a row or in a column. The borders between merged cells are removed, and the cells are combined so that there is just one content area that spans all merged cells. To merge selected cells so that you create one column out of all selected columns, choose Edit > Table > Merge Columns. To merge selected cells so that you create one row out of all selected rows, choose Edit > Table > Merge Rows. Splitting merged cells To split a selected merged cell so that you create the original number of columns, choose Edit > Table > Split Columns. To split a selected merged cell so that you create the original number of rows, choose Edit > Table > Split Rows. Copying and pasting tables If you copy a table from FirstClass or an external application, it will automatically paste into FirstClass content as a table.         Note You can copy a FirstClass table and paste it into a rich text (RTF) file in another application. How your selection affects what is copied When you copy from a table, your selection determines what gets copied. If you just selected a single cell or content from a single cell, it is copied without the table. If you selected multiple cells (or the whole table), those cells and their contents are copied as a table. How your selection affects what is pasted When you paste, your selection at the time you paste determines what happens. • If you just clicked the cursor where you wanted to paste, the copied material is pasted there. If the copied material is a table, it is pasted as a new table. This even happens if you click within the cell of an existing table. The result is a table embedded within the existing table. • If you selected an entire table (or tables), the copied material replaces it. • If you selected multiple cells in an existing table, and your copied material is a table, the contents of the existing cells are replaced with the contents of the copied cells. You can use this method to replace, for example, the contents of a row in one table with the contents of a row from another table. • If your copied material isn't a table, it is pasted into the first selected cell, and the contents of the other selected cells are deleted. Pasting delimited text as a table You can also paste tab- or comma-delimited text (as you get when you copy and paste from Excel) as a FirstClass table. To do this: 1       Click where you want to paste the table. 2       Choose Edit > Paste Special. 3       Select the format you want for the text in the table. 4       Select "Paste as table".