<TABLE ...>

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  • BORDER: size of border around the table
  • CELLPADDING: space between the edge of a cell and the contents
  • CELLSPACING: space between cells
  • WIDTH: width of the table as a whole
  • BGCOLOR: color of the background
  • BACKGROUND: picture to use as background
  • ALIGN: alignment of table to surrounding text
  • HSPACE: horizontal space between table and surrounding text
 
  • VSPACE: vertical space between table and surrounding text
  • HEIGHT: height of the table as a whole
  • FRAME: parts of outside border that are visible
  • RULES: if there should be internal borders
  • BORDERCOLOR: color of border around the table
  • BORDERCOLORLIGHT: color of "light" part of border around the table
  • BORDERCOLORDARK: color of "dark" part of border around the table
  • SUMMARY: Summary of the purpose of the table

Keeping all the attributes for <TABLE ...> can get confusing, so here's a picture illustrating some of the most common <TABLE ...> attributes.

illustration of a table




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