Share
 
 

Editing default templates

HTML tables contain two types of table cells:

  • header cells — For headers that appear over a column of data:

    Header cells are defined with the <th> and </th> tags. In a simple table, headers comprise the first row. For example, if your table has three columns of data, and three rows, the HTML for the table looks like:

    <table>
    	<tr> <!-- Row 1 -->
    		<th> Header 1 </th> 
    		<th> Header 2 </th> 
    		<th> Header 3</th> 
    	</tr>
    	<tr> ... </tr><!-- Row 2 -->
    	<tr> ... </tr> <!-- Row 3 -->
    </table>
    
  • data cells — For the individual entries in the table:

    Data cells are defined by <td> and </td> tags. These cells usually make up the bulk of the table. Let's add the data cells to our basic table:

    <table>

    <tr> <!-- Row 1 -->

    <th> Header 1 </th>

    <th> Header 2 </th>

    th> Header 3</th>

    </tr>

    <tr><!-- Row 2 -->

    <td> Data 1 </td>

    <td> Data 2 </td>

    <td> Data 3 </td>

    </tr>

    <tr><!-- Row 3 -->

    <td> Data 1 </td>

    <td> Data 2 </td>

    <td> Data 3 </td>

    </tr>

    </table>

    This is how this table is displayed in a browser:

In default templates, typically header cells contain the field names, and data cells contain PowerMill variables.

Was this information helpful?