Tables

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Description

Tables should always be typeset with <table> and </table>, not with <pre> and </pre>.
Tables have to be placed outside of paragraphs to be HTML compliant.
Each table must have a table caption.
Table headers and entries start with capital letters.

Example 1

This is a simple example of a table.

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
  <caption align="bottom">Caption starts with a capital letter</caption>
  <tr>
    <th>Head 1</th>
    <th>Head 2</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Entry 1</td>
    <td>Entry 2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Entry 3</td>
    <td>Entry 4</td>
  </tr>
</table>

appears as

Caption starts with a capital letter
Head 1	Head 2
Entry 1	Entry 2
Entry 3	Entry 4

Example 2

In this case of table captions, the table name (Tab.) including the table enumeration (1,2,...) has to be displayed bold using <strong> and </strong>. The table name and enumeration should look like this: Tab. 1: Tables have to be enumerated manually.

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
  <caption align="bottom"><strong>Tab 2: </strong>Caption starts with a capital letter</caption>
  <tr>
    <th>Head 1</th>
    <th>Head 2</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Entry 1</td>
    <td>Entry 2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Entry 3</td>
    <td>Entry 4</td>
  </tr>
</table>