Placing text in a table

[lightguy1]

Hey all, quick question. I use Dreamweaver CS3 to maintain my site. I want to place a nice chunk of text in a table, so it wont span accross the entire width of the page. I want a little table on the left, that extends down with my text. When I create a table, it will just keep extending the width further out as I type, instead of sending the text down. Can anyone provide me with the correct way to set up this type of table I am trying for?

Thanks in advance

[KDLA]

Set a width for your table.

Note: If you're typing something like "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" with no spaces, the table will expand, even with the width set because the "word" has no opportunity to break at a space.

KDLA

[lightguy1]

Thanks. I did set a width, but it kept expanding. I just copied a table from another page and placed it there and now it is displaying properly. Now say I was entering words on a line such as: "this is a really really long test message to see if my table is working" it will just continue to type it and expand the table width. Why is it automatically making the table bigger instead of just using the set size and then going down a line?

[KDLA]

Hard to say without looking at your code. It could be that something was amiss in your syntax.

KDLA