How to Add a Table to a Web Page

Tables organize text, links and objects on a Web page.

Instructions

1

Open a text-editing program, such as EditPad or Notepad. Select Open from the File menu.
2

Locate the Web page file and open it.
3

Place the cursor where the table will appear.

Type the following:

This tag tells the browser to begin a table; "border" allows you to view the border.

Add the following to the next line:

This tag, which stands for "table row," begins the first row.

Type the following:

These tags mean "table data"; the information in the middle (First Cell) is the data contained in this cell.

Type

to begin another column.

End the row by typing

. Add another row by typing .

Add the second column by typing

. Close the row by typing .

Type

First Cell	Second Cell
Second Row, First Cell	Second Row, Second Cell

to close the table. Save the file.

11

Start a Web browser and select Open from the File menu. Locate the file and click Open to view it.

Increase the border size by typing the following:

, adjusting the border size as desired.

Remove the word border from the table tag to display a table without a border.

One row can stretch across two columns (as in a header) by typing the following:

. If you have more than two columns, change the number to fit.

To make one column stretch to the height of two rows, type the following:

, adjusting the number to fit the number of rows to be spanned.

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