Table Data Cell XHTML tag

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td tags example tags example
Must be contained in <table>   As Transitional  
Must contain in opening tag   ----------------------   ----------------------
Must not contain in opening tag name=""
 <table >
<tr>
<td name="bluecell" >&nbsp;</td>
<td >&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>		 As Transitional  
Can contain in opening tag align="" 
[Horizontal align]

align="left"
align="right"
align="center"
align="justify"

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valign=""
[Vertical align]

valign="top"
valign="middle"
valign="baseline"
valign="bottom"

baseline = aligns the cells along the baselines of the text. example

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id=""





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CELL WIDTH - percentage [%]

width="%"






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CELL WIDTH - pixels

width=""

Note: 
you do Not add "px" 
after the amount

e.g [width="500px"]

  		align="left"

<table>
<tr>
<td  align="left">text</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
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valign="top"

table >
<tr>
<td valign="top" >text</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>



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<table >
<tr>
<td id="bluecell" >&nbsp;</td>
<td >&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
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CELL WIDTH - percentage [%]

<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

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CELL WIDTH - pixels

<table width="200">
<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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Cell width will
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width="%"






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<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

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<table width="200">
<tr>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="50">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
Must contain between tags Text 
or non-breaking space		 <td>Text</td>
<td> &nbsp;</td>		   As Transitional
Can contain between tags        
Must not contain between tags        
Must not be contained in        
Can be contained in        
The td element defines a data cell in a table. TD elements are contained within a TR element (a table row), which may also contain TH elements for header cells. When a cell's contents act as both header information and table data, TD should be used.