Tag TABLE

Description
Tag <TABLE> is a package for the elements, which define the content of the table. Any table consists from lines and cells, which are defined with the help of tags <TR> and <TD>. In the tag <TABLE> you may use the next elements: <caption>, <col>, <colgroup>, <tbody>,<td>,<tfoot>,<th>,<thead> and <tr>. 
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Parametrs
Alink defines the colour of the active link.
Background sets the background image on the page.
Bgcolor colour of web page background.
Border border weight in pixels
Bordercolor colour of the border
Cellpadding indent from the border to the cell’s content
Cellspacing distance between the cells
Cols number of columns in the table
Height height of the table
Width table width
Closing Tag
Is optional.
The Description of Tag <TABLE> Parameters
ALIGN Parameter
Description
Defines alignment of the table according to the border of the browser window.
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Arguments
Left left alignment of the table
Center center alignment of the table
Right right alignment of the table
Default value
Left
Analogue CSS
Text-align
BACKGROUND Parameter
Description
Defines the image, which will be used as a background image of the table. In contrast to regular images, width and height are not defined for the background. While choosing the background image, make sure the adequate contrast is set between it and the content of the web page. Animated images in GIF format can be used as a background, but they distract the reader’s attention.
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Arguments
Any acceptable address of the image – full or absolute way can be used
Default value
No.
Analogue CSS
Background-image
Description
Defines the background colour of the table. This parameter can be used with the tag <background>, but use the background colour similar to the background image.
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The colour value can be defined in two ways.
    1. By its title.
    Browsers support some colours by their titles.
    2. By hexadecimal value.
    The numbers in the hexadecimal code are used for defining the colours. Hexadecimal system is based on the number 16. The numbers will be the following: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F. The numbers from 10 to 15 are substituted for Latin letters. The numbers more than 15 in hexadecimal system are formed by addition two numbers to one.
Default value
Depends on the browser and its version, the white colour is used usually
Analogue CSS
Background-color
BORDER Parameter
Description
Defines the border weight in pixels. The border is 3D by default. But if the BORDERCOLOR parameter of the tag <TABLE> is used, the border image depends on the browser. When parameter BORDER is used in the tag <TABLE> without arguments (<table border>), browser displays the border, the weight of which equals 1.
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Arguments
Any positive integer
Default value
0
Analogue CSS
Border
BORDERCOLOR parameter
Description
Defines the border colour of the table. The border is drawn as 3D, adding of parameters bordercolor and border to the tag <TABLE> creates the one-colour line.
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Arguments
See BGCOLOR parameter
Default value
Depends on the browser and operating system
Analogue CSS
Border-color
CELLPADDING Parameter
Description
Defines the distance between bound of the cell and its content. This parameter adds the white to the cell and this way enlarges it. The adding of this parameter improves readability of the text.
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Arguments
Any positive integral value in pixels or percents from the acceptable space.
Default value
0
CELLSPACING Parameter
Description
Defines the distance between external bounds of the cells. If the BORDER parameter is defined, the bound weight is taken into account.
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Arguments
Any positive integer
Default value
0 (if there is no BORDER parameter) 2 (if the BORDER parameter is set)
COLS Parameter
Description
Defines the number of columns in the table. The use of this parameter accelerates the displaying of the table content.
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Arguments
Any positive integer
Default value
No
FRAME Parameter
Description
Informs the browser about the location of the bound around the table.
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Arguments
Any positive integer
Default value
No
Arguments
Void not to redraw the bounds
Border bound around the table
Above top bound of the table
Below bottom bound of the table
Hsides to add only horizontal bounds
Vsides to draw only vertical bounds
Rhs bound on the right side of the table
Lhs bound on the left side of the table
Default value
Border
Analogue CSS
Border
HEIGHT Parameter
Description
Defines the height of the table. There is no such parameter in HTML 4 specification, but browsers in most cases support it, if the <!DOCTYPE> is not set. In this case they ignore the height of the table, which is defined by HEIGHT parameter.
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Arguments
Any positive integer
Default value
The height is determined on basis of the table content
Analogue CSS
Height
RULES Parameter
Description
Informs the browser where to display the bounds between the cells. Bound weight and its colour is indicated by BORDER and BORDERCOLOR parameters. 
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Arguments
All the line is drawn around the each cell of the table.
Groups the line is displayed between the groups, which are created by tags <THEAD>, <TFOOT>, <TBODY>, <COLGROUP> or <COL>.
Cols the line is displayed between the columns
None all the bounds are hidden
Rows the bound is drawn between table lines, which are created by tag <TR>.
Default value
None (if border="0"); all (if the value of border parameter is nonzero).
Analogue CSS
Border
WIDTH Parameter
Description
Defines the width of the table.
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Arguments
Any positive integral value in pixels or percents from the acceptable space.
Default value
The width is determined on basis of the table content.
Analogue CSS
width
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