You mean something like this: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp (first hit in Google)?
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Bradex
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No, I meant tutorials meant specifically for the buttons in TinyMCE Advanced. Pages similar to the one you mentioned are abundant over the internet and describe changes which has to be written as CSS. But, for a novice user like me who is preferring a WYSIWYG editor like TinyMCE Advanced, they are too complicated. If I am comfortable with the CSS codes, I would not have even installed a plugin for editing tables.
For example, when I go to, Table > Table Properties > General > Border, I see a blank field. What am I supposed to enter there? A drop-down list/radio buttons for the types of borders would have been great!
Yes, you’re right most tutorials on the net are dealing directly with the HTML and CSS and are probably “too much”. However TinyMCE produces HTML code and understanding the basics how that works will be best if you want to do something more advanced.
For example, when I go to, Table > Table Properties > General > Border, I see a blank field. What am I supposed to enter there? A drop-down list/radio buttons for the types of borders would have been great!
Best way: experiment! You’ll need about 10-15 min to discover how to do borders and padding. Make a new draft post, try all of the properties, preview it regularly to see what it looks like on the front-end (keep in mind that the final looks depend on your theme).
Having drop-downs or radio buttons for “everything” may make it a bit easier at first, but limits the values you can enter. And having all possible options everywhere is simply impossible. You will be staring at a huge list of options you’ve never heard before. This is a lot worse 🙂
