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A good time to use the tables is when you want a background color behind a text field. This is helpful for a Tips box, Quotes, Info, and other important things. The odd box here and there makes the page easier to read. It offsets monotony, is pleasing to the eye and makes the reader curious. But keep it clean! If the entire page is full of boxes in different colors, it can confuse and irritate the reader. The brain shuts down and your visitor will move on to another page without have read anything.
When you want to add a Tips box, for instance, insert a table with 3 columns and 1 row. The column in the middle is to there to make it easier to adjust the space between texts. In the example below, I added a gray border to the table cells so that you can see the position of the tables.
You can add details like a horizontal line over and under for a bit of framing. Or place a frame around the cells for emphasis. The choice is yours.
To insert horizontal lines, click on this button  in the toolbar. You do not need to determine the width of the line — it will automatically adapt to the width of its cell.
Add the frame by right-clicking in the cell, scroll down to Cell and then follow the arrow to Table Cell Properties. Go to Advanced, click on the box after Border Color and choose which color you want to use. If you want the frame thicker, change the code in the box marked Style (still under Advanced). To start, it says "border:1px". Change the figure to the number of pixels you want for your frame. The following example in Book tip of the day! has border:3px.
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