To create basic tables in HTML, you define the parts of your table with HTML and which bits of HTML go where, and you add HTML table code around those parts.  The you refine your table's appearence with allignments, borders, and colored cells.

 

CAPTION    TABLE ROW

SAMPLE TABLE #1 TABLE HEADING TABLE HEADING TABLE HEADING TABLE DATA TABLE DATA TABLE DATA TABLE DATA TABLE DATA TABLE DATA      TABLE     COLUMN

TABLE CELL

                             <TABLE BORDER>
                            <CAPTTION>SAMPLE TABLE #1</CAPTION>
                            <TR>
                                    <TH>TABLE HEADING</TH>
                                    <TH>TABLE HEADING</TH>
                                    <TH>TABLE HEADING</TH>
                            </TR>
                            <TR>
                                    <TD>TABLE DATA</TD>
                                    <TD>TABLE DATA</TD>
                                    <TD>TABLE DATA</TD>
                            </TR>
                            <TR>
                                    <TD>TABLE DATA</TD>
                                    <TD>TABLE DATA</TD>
                                    <TD>TABLE DATA</TD>
                            </TR>
                            </TABLE>
 

                    The above table is basic.  It has 3 rows and 3 columns.  The top row has been utilized as a header for each of the columns.  As you see each of the cells has been manipulated with a different backgroung color.