Editing the TinyMCE configuration to allow tables in pages

Hi!

I am deploying WordPress 2.0.4 as a small CMS for a friend. I would like to be able to add and edit tables in the TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor. Looking at the TinyMCE documentation it looks like I should be able to install the table plugin for TinyMCE by:

1. Copy the table folder from the downloaded TinyMCE folder to the TinyMCE plugins folder in WP.
2. Adding “table” to the array of plugins on line 98 of tiny_mce_gzip.php
3. Enabling the table button in the TinyMCE GUI by adding “table” to the $mce_buttons array on line 127.

However, when I do step 2, the WYSIWYG editor reverts to the old WordPress editor (html fragments insert buttons).

Has anyone else succeeded in doing this? What am I doing wrong? Why isn’t the tables plugin enabled by default in WordPress?

Regards,

Peter