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Table Backgrounds: Setting Individual Cells

<TABLE BORDER="...">

<TABLE ...>

Usage Recommendation
use it

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.

Table Backgrounds: Setting Individual Cells

<TABLE BORDER="...">

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