Specifying the Width of a Column
Setting the overall table size is useful, but for more control, you might prefer to set the width of each column separately. To set the width of a column to a certain minimum amount, specify a width in the <td> tag for any cell within that column. You can use the same method you used for the <table> tag in the preceding section:
<td width="200px">
To specify the width of a column through a style sheet:
<td style="width: 200px">
The traditional place to set the column width is in the first row of the table, but that is not a requirement; you can set a width for any cell in any row. The column as a whole will be as wide as the widest cell in that column.
You can use either fixed amounts or percentages (of the table as ...
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