1. BayView

    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    Question How to insert a table?

    Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by BayView, Sep 25, 2016.

    Is there a way to reliably (ie. will work for all viewers) insert a table into a post?

    Do I need to save the image as a PDF and upload it to a photosharing site? Would that work?

    Or is there some other way to do it?
     
  2. matwoolf

    matwoolf Banned Contributor

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    The best I could do @BV. It's not much, but you might rest your coffee on it. See what you think?

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    [table]
    [tr]
    [th]1[/th]
    [th]2[/th]
    [th]3[/th]
    [/tr]
    [tr]
    [td]4[/td]
    [td]5[/td]
    [td]6[/td]
    [/tr]
    [tr]
    [td]7[/td]
    [td]8[/td]
    [td]9[/td]
    [/tr]
    [/table]

    Okay.. does not work :(
     
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    Lifeline South. Supporter Contributor

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    [table]
    [tr]
    [th]1[/th]
    [th]2[/th]
    [th]3[/th]
    [/tr]
    [tr]
    [td]4[/td]
    [td]5[/td]
    [td]6[/td]
    [/tr]
    [tr]
    [td]7[/td]
    [td]8[/td]
    [td]9[/td]
    [/tr]
    [/table]

    edit: second test. Also doesn't work :( - this was the BBcode editor
     
  5. Solar

    Solar Banned Contributor

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    Borrower's table?
     
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  6. BayView

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    What is that, a table for ANTS?!?
     
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    Yes actually, for the Queen Ant. She rests on her large thorax bottom and the soldier chaps drag in moths, caterpillars, civilians of every shade. She bites off their heads.
     
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    I do not think there is a way to embed a table into a post (using BBCode). The best way is probably to turn the table into an image, then upload it using the "Upload a File" button (next to "Post Reply") and embed it into the post.
     
  9. BayView

    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    How do you embed it once it's uploaded?
     

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    Steerpike Felis amatus Contributor

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    You probably need an image file, like .jpg or .png, rather than a PDF.
     
  11. BayView

    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    Is there a reasonable way to make a Word file into a jpg?
     
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    If the table fits on your screen, I'd just take a screenshot of it. You can use the screenshot utility to outline just the area of the screen you want to grab, then save the image.
     
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    @BayView Might I ask why you want to add a table to a post?
     
  14. BayView

    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    I don't anymore - but when I was trying to put together a sort of pro/con list of different publishing methods, a table would have been the clearest way to format the information.
     

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