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Note: The code shown has been
indented using. This is not
required, but highly recommended.

1 In your editor, open a

new HTML document

that contains the basic

HTML tags.

Add Data Tables

T

ables allow you to present large blocks of data to your users in an organized fashion, such as

phone lists, product specification grids, and calendars. HTML uses a set of three tags to define

basic tables. The

. 7 Type the contents of the first cell of the table. 8 Type

tag defines the table itself. Each row of the table is defined by the table

row tag, tr. Then each cell is created by use of the td element, which is short for table data. Each

of these tags wraps around the other, so a td can appear only between the opening and closing tr,

which must in turn appear within a

tag.

Add Data Tables

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