{"id":1777,"date":"2026-02-18T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/?page_id=1777"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:39:12","slug":"using-ninja-tables-on-your-rutgers-it-subsite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-it-site-documentation\/using-ninja-tables-on-your-rutgers-it-subsite\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Ninja Tables on your Rutgers IT subsite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Using Ninja Tables on your Rutgers IT subsite<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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How to add content from existing table<\/h2>\n

In most situations, you can just copy and paste content from an existing table on a website into Excel or another spreadsheet application capable of exporting to a CSV file. The steps are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Locate the table you want to add. Save in a spreadsheet application (Excel, Google Sheets) and download as a comma-separated values (.csv) file.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Click \u201cImport a Table\u201d under the <\/span>NinjaTablesPro<\/span> tab.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03. \u00a0Select your table and click “Import.”<\/span>
    \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04. \u00a0Click the <\/span>shortcode<\/span> at the top of the page <\/span>( \u201c<\/span>[<\/span>ninja_tables<\/span> id=”826″]\u201d ) to copy it to your clipboard.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    \u00a0 \u00a0 5. \u00a0Paste the <\/span>shortcode<\/span> into the textbox of the chosen\u00a0Wordpress post and click save to have the table appear on the site.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    To convert a complex or long table within a website to Ninja Tables, you can do the following on a Macintosh with Numbers (or you can also use Excel):<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Go into the source code to grab the whole table.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Drop that into a plain text editor.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Give the file an HTML extension.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Load that into a web browser.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Grab or copy that table from the browser.<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Drop that into Numbers.<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Remove any extraneous columns or rows.<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Export to a CSV file.<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. Import that CSV file into Ninja Tables.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Additional tips for Ninja Tables:<\/h2>\n