Troubleshoot tables

Change your authoring settings so that your border properties work in both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator browsers. Do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Page Options.
2. Click the Authoring tab.
3. In the Browsers list, click Both Internet Explorer and Navigator.
4. In the Browser versions list, click 4.0 browsers and later.

Do one of the following:

• If you want your table to take up the same amount of space on the page, no matter how big or small the Web browser window is, set the size of the table, cell, row, and column in percentages rather than in pixels.

  This will significantly change the layout of your table, as it will resize itself to each browser window.

• If you want your table size to remain constant, set the size of the table, cell, row, and column in pixels rather than percentages.

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator display tables differently. With colored borders, only a single color will render in Netscape, not the three-dimensional looking double border.

Your Authoring compatibility options most likely include Netscape, which does not support background pictures in tables.

To change your compatibility settings:

1. On the Tools menu, click Page Options.
2. Click the Authoring tab.
3. In the Browsers list, click either Custom or Microsoft Internet Explorer Only.