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Getting Tabular
tables and more lists
If it walks like a table and talks like a table… 
There comes a time 
in life when we have to deal with the dreaded 
tabular data
. Whether you need to 
create a page representing your company’s inventory over the last year or a catalog 
of your vinylmation collection (don’t worry, we won’t tell), you know you need to do 
it in HTML, but how? Well, have we got a deal for you: order now, and in a single 
chapter we’ll reveal the secrets that will allow you to put your very own data right 
inside HTML tables. But there’s more: with every order we’ll throw in our exclusive 
guide to styling HTML tables. And, if you act now, as a special bonus, we’ll throw in 
our guide to styling HTML lists. Don’t hesitate; call now!
How do you make tables with HTML?
 
 
603
Creating a table with HTML
 
 
 
604
What 
the 
browser 
creates 
605
Tables 
dissected 
606
Adding 
a 
caption 
609
Before we start styling, let’s get the table into Tony’s page
611
Getting those borders to collapse 
 
 
 
616
How 
about 
some 
color? 
618
Tony made an interesting discovery 
 
 
 
620
Another look at Tony’s table
 
 
 
621
How to tell cells to span more than one row 
 
 
622
Test 
drive 
the 
table 
624
Trouble 
in 
paradise? 625
Overriding the CSS for the nested table headings
 
629
Giving Tony’s site the final polish 
 
 
 
630
What if you want a custom marker? 
 
 
 
632
Exercise 
Solutions 
636