How do you take Omega 3 tablets?

I take Omega 3 capsules and Vitamin D tablets, and it says on the packet to take with meals, but how exactly? Do you swallow them before your meal, do you take them halfway through or put them in you food, or do you swallow them afterwards? Also with the Omega 3 tablets, it has the oil inside, and I need to know do you swallow them whole, or do you bite them in half so that the oil burst out so you swallow the oil as well? Becasue I think I'm doing it wrong.