Using the Table feature of the Message board

[savin]

This new message board allows you to build nicely formatted tables such as the one below:

1	cavallo	2518
2	sisyfos	2472
3	Savin	2436
4	Wolf	2433
5	ast68	2427
6	Mati	2397
7	Seneca54	2393
8	senna2	2391
9	nobodyspawn	2376
10	Cardinero	2375
11	powerpoul	2375
12	Caissa	2355
13	Centerman	2350
14	MyrLynn	2347
15	Sasha	2328
16	gunner	2322
17	Rock16	2320
18	anastas87	2312
19	FREEBIRD1056	2302
20	hana-chessprincess	2297

These can be very time consuming to type. If anyone is interested and has MS Excel I could show how to quickly format a list in Excel and paste it to the message content. let me know

[centerman]

Hi Savin,
I'm interested in this new feature ;D

[savin]

The simple approach is to build the table in MS Excel (or your spreadsheet of choice. Lets say you want a three table column. You would put you data in columns A, B and C.

in column D you would put the following formula:


="[tr][td]"&A1&"[/td][td]"&B1&"[/td][td]"&C1&"[/td][/tr]"

You can now copy this formula down all the rows you want in your table. After this column D is showing the text you will need to paste into the message. To create you table you do the following:


[table]
   select all the rows in column D of your spreadsheet and paste here...
[/table]


This might look lile this:

[table]


[tr][td]Tom[/td][td]thingy[/td][td]Harry[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jane[/td][td]Sally[/td][td]Sue[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]2[/td][td]3[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A [/td][td]B [/td][td]C[/td][/tr]



[/table]


the result is this:

Tom	thingy	Harry
Jane	Sally	Sue
1	2	3
A	B	C

Once you have built thsi little spreadsheet you can put anything you want into columns A, B and C. If you want a 2 column or 4 column table just modify that one formula a little bit.

Hope this makes sense.

[Stan Steliga]

Just so everyone knows... The table features have been turned off by the ProBoards service temporarily (for all message boards they host). They say that the table feature will be turned back on soon.