Do we have any way to make tables?

[Andrew D]

Any way at all?

[Reality Bytes]

Short non technical answer is - no

Longer more technical answer is - even if I were to try and install custom coding for tables - for people to actually use the bb code to set up tables would be really fiddly. Theres no code that works like tables in Word, from what I gather the way they have been trying to develop tables for posts involves you having to use multiple bb codes for each column and line for example:

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[table]
  [trow]
    [tmultiheader=4]Table example[/tmultiheader]
  [/trow]
  [trow]
    [theader]Table header 1[/theader]
    [tcell]Table cell 1[/tcell]
    [tcell]Table cell 2[/tcell]
    [tcell]Table cell 3[/tcell]
  [/trow]
  [trow]
    [theader]Table header 2[/theader]
    [tmulticell=2]Table cell 4[/tmulticell]
    [tcell]Table cell 5[/tcell]
  [/trow]
[/table]
 

That gives you a table like this:

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+------------------------------------------------------------+
|                       Table example                        |
+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|Table header 1 | Table cell 1 | Table cell 2 | Table cell 3 |
+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|Table header 2 |         Table cell 4        | Table cell 5 |
+---------------+-----------------------------+--------------+

Thats a heck of a lot of fiddling for a not terribly special looking table.

TBH what I'd be inclined to do is create your table and either use a screen capture, or a program that allows you to save as an image then put the image in your post.

[Gob]

No offense Andrew, but I'd prefer not to have anything added which may cause coding problems.

[The Hen]

?

[Andrew D]

Thanks, Reality Bytes. That does seem an awful lot of trouble.

Would there be any way for us to have tabs -- like the normal function of the tab key in a wordprocessing program? Then I could line up the columns, and the rows would take care of themselves. (I have no idea how to do either of the things you suggest, or even whether I can.)

[Crackpot]

Ctrl print screen or under your print options

[Econoline]

TBH what I'd be inclined to do is create your table and either use a screen capture,

Ctrl print screen or under your print options

Then how do you actually put that into a post?

or a program that allows you to save as an image then put the image in your post.

or what program(s) would that be?

(Sorry if these are stupid questions but I've never claimed not to be stupid about computers.)

[oldr_n_wsr]

Last time I posted a picture (I took) I first had to load it to a picture hosting site (photobucket? IIRC). Then you use the [img ]http//site/picture address[/img ] codes to link to the picture.

Don't know if this boards software will "host" the picture for you.

[loCAtek]

I use Tiny Pic to host pictures.