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  <info>
    <desc>Insert a table in the mail composer.</desc>
    <link type="guide" xref="mail-composer-html#formatting-options" />

    <revision pkgversion="3.1.5" version="0.2" date="2011-07-29" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Andre Klapper</name>
      <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>
    </credit>
 <credit type="author">
   <name>Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/usage-mail-getnsend-send.html.en#bsait2d -->
 </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>
  </info>

<title>Inserting a Table in HTML</title>

<p>You can insert a table into the email (at the current position of the cursor):</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>Insert</gui><gui>Table...</gui></guiseq> in the menubar.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the number of rows and columns.</p></item>
<item><p>Define the type of layout for the table.</p></item>
<item><p>Optionally: Select a background color or image for the table.</p></item>
<item><p>Click <gui>Close</gui>.</p></item>
</steps>

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