Shrinking the amount of space in between table cells

noelthefish 5 Light Poster · 2009-05-01T02:02:16+00:00

<html>

      <head>

      <title>Prefecture History and Facts</title></head>

      <body><h1>Prefecture History / Facts</h1><hr>

      <table>

      <tr>
      	<td colspan="2">4th Prefecture of New York State, U.S.A.</td>

      	<tr>

      	<td>Organized in</td><td><input type=text name=organizeddate value=May 2009 readonly></td>

      	</tr>

      	<tr><td>Pioneered by</td><td><input type=text name=pioneeredby value=Founder of U.S.E. readonly></td>

     	</tr><td>First Prefects</td><td>1. Jamison May 2009</td></tr>

      	<tr><td colspan="2"><h4>Prefecture History</h4></td>

      <td><br><br></td><td>All Prefects will write 3 plus paragraphs describing the history of the county.</td>
      </tr>
      </table>
      <hr></body>

The only bits that I would change are 1, applying a width to a table cell 2, Add colspan="2". It will look perfect after that.

daggerpound 0 Newbie Poster · 2009-05-01T02:20:24+00:00

You can also add a nonbreaking space between the words, but the colspan adjustment is probably the best...

<html>
<head>
<title>Prefecture History and Facts
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Prefecture History / Facts
</h1>
<hr>
<table >
<tr>
<td  >4th Prefecture of New York State, U.S.A.
</td>
<tr>
<td width=25 >Organized&nbsp;in
</td>
<td><input type=text name=organizeddate value=May 2009 readonly>
</td>
</tr>
<tr >
<td width=25 height=10 >Pioneered&nbsp;by</td>
<td><input type=text name=pioneeredby value=Founder of U.S.E. readonly>
</td>
</tr>
<td>First Prefects
</td>
<td>1.  Jamison  May 2009</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h4>Prefecture History</h4>
</td>
<td><br><br>
</td>
<td>All Prefects will write 3 plus paragraphs describing the history of the county.
</td>
</tr>
</table
><hr>
</body>
</html>