[Mama_Bear]

Hmmmmmm.....I have never quite understood the difference between cellPADDING and cellSPACING. Even after your explanation to Nan.....I still don't get it. I never use cellspacing. Seems redundant to me, since cellpadding does what I need it to do.

I notice that Amy does the opposite - always uses cellspacing and not cellpadding.

[Billie]

There are default measurements in cellpadding and in cellspacing. If you DON'T specify cellspacing=0, you will still get a width of 2 pixels - the default is 2. If you DON'T specify cellpadding=0, you will get a width of 1 pixel - the default for cellpadding is 1.

I use the cellSPACING when I am using a border, because I don't want that tiny white *stripe* on the bg, so I use cellspacing=0. Also, if you want a *really* tiny sliver of gradient ribbon, which I use a lot, it's important to do the cellspacing=0. :)

[JustAmy]

Good evening, MamaBear.

Great to see you today. Billie has explained cellspacing and the defaults to me at least 3 times and I still get it wrong on occasion.

I should start a new document labeled "Table Setting Hints".