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CHAPTER

Adding Tables and Lists 7

Why is it necessary to delete additional cells

from the row?

You need to be sure that your HTML tables always

follow a grid. If a table had a total of four columns,

and one cell in a row spans three columns, then that

row should contain only one additional cell, because

the other cell represents all three remaining cells.

How do I use rowspan?

The rowspan attribute works in essentially the

same way as colspan. However, because you are

having a cell that stretches vertically across multiple

rows, you need to delete one cell from each affected

row to maintain the overall grid.

● When the page is viewed

in a browser, the table cell

stretches across the specified

number of columns.

7 Press.

8 Type .

9 Add additional rows as
needed to complete the
table.

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