COLSPAN allows you to merge cells across columns ROWSPAN allows you to merge cells across rows
For example, the following code:
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Example of a Table</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE BORDER> <TR> <TH COLSPAN=2></TH> <TH>Employee<BR>Name</TH> </TR> <TR ALIGN=CENTER> <TH ROWSPAN=2>Employee 1</TH> <TH>First</TH> <TD>John</TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN=CENTER> <TH>Last</TH> <TD>Smith</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>Would produce:
Employee
Name
Employee 1
First
John
Last
Smith