Study Guide

Unit E

1. A table allows you to present information in a grid.  Table data is organized into rows and columns.  A row is a single horizontal line of data, while a column is a single vertical line of data.  The intersection of a row and column is a cell.

2. The main tag pair for creating a table is <TABLE> </TABLE> between each tag you add codes for each row using the <TR> (Table row).  The tag you use for each cell is the <TD> (table data).

3. The cells in the first row of most tables use the <TH> which is the (table header).

4. You can also use the <CAPTION> </CAPTION> which is centered above the table by default.

5. If you want a single cell to be apart of multiple rows you would need to span them.  Therefore, you would use the attributes ROWSPAN OR COLSPAN in the <TH> or <TD> tag.  Remember the ROWSPAN is the number of rows the current cell should span.  COLSPAN is the number of columns the current cell should span.

6. When the <BORDER> tag is placed within the <TABLE> tag it will apply a border of 1 px wide in the table.  <CELLSPACING> SETS THE DISTANCE IN PIXELS BETWEEN CELL BORDERS.

7. You can add a color to your cells by using the <BGCOLOR> attribute.  You would add a hexadecimal color to the <TR> tag for the row.  You may also add it to the <TABLE> tag or <TD> tag.

8. CELLPADDING usually increases the height and width of cells because they have to accommodate the blank padding space, in addition to the existing cell contents.

9. When you want to align your table you use the VALIGN or ALIGN attribute.  The valign determines the position of cell contents relative to the top and bottom borders.