Tables

Tables offer three main levels of control

From the opening <table> tag, you can set the:

• height and width of the entire table
• color of all of the table cells
• width of the border around the table
• Amount of spacing (in pixels) between the walls of the cell and the border (cellspacing)
• Amount of space (in pixels) between cells (cellpadding)

From the table row (<tr>) tag, you can set the:

• alignment of the cell's contents (vertically and horizontally)
• background colors of all of the table cells

From the table cell (<td> and <th>) tag, you can set the:

• alignment of the cell's contents (vertically and horizontally)
• background colors of the table cell
• height and width of the table cell
• Positioning of the table cell (<rowspan> and <colspan>)
• font, color, and size characteristics of the text in the table cell

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