<table border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="3">
<caption>Table example</caption>
<!--Header-->
<thead align="center" valign="middle">
<tr>
<td>Header 1</td>
<td>Header 2</td>
<td>Header 3</td>
</tr>
<!--You can have more rows but the minimum you can have in a header is one-->
</thead>
<!--Body of the table-->
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th>Column 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
</tr>
<tr align="right" valign="bottom">
<td>Row 1 Item 1</td>
<td>Row 1 Item 2</td>
<td rowspan="3">Item 3</td>
<!--This cell spans over 3 rows - this one and the next two.
So you dont have to put the third cell in the next two rows.-->
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<!--the next cell spans over 2 columns.
So you would have only one cell in this row.
This one covers the first 2 columns and the third cell is covered by the cell from the previous row.-->
&lt;td colspan="2">Row 2 Item 1,2</td>
&lt;/tr>
&lt;tr>
&lt;td>Row 3 Item 1&lt;/td>
&lt;td>Row 3 Item 2&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
&lt;!--Footer-->
&lt;tfoot>
&lt;tr>
&lt;td>Footer 1&lt;/td>
&lt;td>Footer 2&lt;/td>
&lt;!--See what happens when you leave out the third cell in this 3 column table-->
&lt;/tr>
&lt;/tfoot>
&lt;/table>