Aligning Objects Using Tables

Important table information before we begin:

The merge button will join selected cells together

Using the split button you can divide a cell into rows or columns.

The Vertical alignment button controls whether the cell contents will be aligned to the Top, Middle or Bottom of a cell.

Your task: Recreate this document

Here's how:

(1) Dreamweaver. In files area right click, new file, align.htm

(2) Right click each picture below, Save Picture As, into your web folder.

(3) On your align.htm page, create a table: 5 rows, 3 columns

(4) Add the pictures and words "The American Revolution" into row one.

(5) Merge all three cells of row 2. This row is just a spacer.

(6) Merge the left two cells of row 3. Add data.

(7) Merge the right two cells of row 4. Add data.

(8) Merge the left two cells of row 5. Add data.

(9) Shade the table cells blue as seen in the example.

(10) Adjust picture sizes as seen in example.

(11) Save.

(12) Open your project page. Type the name of this assignment. Link it to the file align.htm

Here's the data:

Remember: CTRL-A selects ALL text.

The Boston Massacre In 1770 the first real battle between the colonists and the British took place. The British soldiers got angry at a crowd of colonists who were throwing snowballs at them. The soldiers fired. Five colonists were killed and many more were wounded. Later this event was called the Boston Massacre.

On April 18, 1775 the British commander in Boston sent soldiers to Concord to find guns and powder. They were also ordered to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock who were hiding in Lexington. Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn the citizens that the British army was on its way. Revere was captured, but he escaped safely.

In January of 1776 an Englishman named Thomas Paine published a small book called Common Sense. The book said all kings in general, especially George III of England, were bad. The book also stated that America must be free to make its own way. This book became a best-seller. It made Americans believe that America should be a free and independent nation