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Which one goes down?

Short answer. rowspan.

What must you remove after merging?

The extra cells it replaces.

Merging cells

AttributeDirectionExample
colspanacross columnscolspan="2"
rowspandown rowsrowspan="2"

Remember

colspan: across
rowspan: down
Remove the replaced cells

Students mix these two up every year. Which one goes down? Both merge cells. Colspan spreads one cell across columns. Rowspan spreads one cell down rows. Colspan goes across. Rowspan goes down. Remove the cells it replaces.

This clip is from the full lesson: Create a table using the tags: table, tr, th, td, rowspan, colspan — 6 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.

Useful for: CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications (165)

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