how can I add a table button to the text edit tool bar?

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  acufisher · Member · May 14, 2015 at 4:04 pm

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  I am having difficulty aligning images and text and a YouTube video suggests a table facility would work but I cannot see how to install one.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · May 14, 2015 at 7:32 pm

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  The video you are referring to is not fro WordPress.COM blogs like yours. It is for WordPress.ORG installs only.

  There is no tablemaker provided here at WordPress.COM in either of the two editors and no upgrade will change that.

  To create your own HTML tables see here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/table-coding-for-wordpress-com-users/

  Another good reference link is http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp

  Note that if you use Windows then Windows Live Writer it has a tablemaker > http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/windows-live-writer/ Note: Firefox users on Windows machines may need to clear the browser cache with ctrl+shift+del in order to get Firefox to recognize the formatting. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/posting-of-word-files-with-tables?replies=6

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  acufisher · Member · May 17, 2015 at 9:27 pm

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  Thanks. Am using Live writer. I just wanted to make image/text alignment simpler.

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  timethief · Member · May 17, 2015 at 9:38 pm

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  Using an HTML table can be helpful
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/03/24/align-images-html-tables-for-wordpress-blogs/

  Perhaps what I provide below will help you also.

  If your images are not all the same size, and/or if some have longer text beside theme than others you may prefer to create a gallery https://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/ and use one of these styles https://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/#examples-of-gallery-styles

  Otherwise, see here please > http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#alignment

  The alignment icons in the WordPress editor are for aligning text; they are not for aligning images. They are used to achieve wrapping text around images on either the right or left hand side, or to display an image that’s centered without text on either side of it.

  Align-left means position left, with the rest of the content wrapping around the right side of the image.

  Align-right means position right, with the rest of the content wrapping around the left side of the image.

  Align-center means position center, with no wrap-around (= the rest of the content below the image).

  If the text beside the images does not occupy the same amount of space that the image beside it does then the text wrapping will continue and the images and text that follow will have a staggered appearance.

  To prevent the staggered effect what you do is insert the following snippet of code into the Text (HTML) editor after each image/text pair:
  <div style="clear:both;"></div>

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  acufisher · Member · May 18, 2015 at 4:54 pm

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  Thank you. I will overcome my fear of HTML and try it

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2015 at 4:56 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes with this.