Wordprocessing Tables

Cell Spacing Default

The space between adjacent cells and the edges of the table is specified with the <w:tblCellSpacing> element. Compare with tblCellMar--spacing is added outside of the text margins.

This property can be overridden by a table-level exception (<w:tblCellSpacing> within <tblPrEx>) or by the row cell spacing value (<w:tblCellSpacing> within <trPr>).

<w:tblPr>

<w:tblCellSpacing> w:w="144" w:type="dxa"/>

</w:tblPr>

Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.4.46.

Word 2007 Example:

Attributes:

The attributes are:

Attribute	Description
w	Specifies the value of the width of the spacing. If omitted, the value is assumed to be 0.
type	Specifies the units of the width (w) property. Possible values are: dxa - Specifies that the value is in twentieths of a point (1/1440 of an inch) nil - Specifies a value of zero If pct or auto is specified, the value is ignored. If the attribute is omitted, its value is assumed to be dxa.

Attribute

Description

Specifies the value of the width of the spacing. If omitted, the value is assumed to be 0.

type

Specifies the units of the width (w) property. Possible values are:

dxa - Specifies that the value is in twentieths of a point (1/1440 of an inch)
nil - Specifies a value of zero

If pct or auto is specified, the value is ignored. If the attribute is omitted, its value is assumed to be dxa.

Related CSS property:

The cellspacing property is applied at the table level:
<table cellspacing="30px" style="width: 100%;">

CSS Example:

AAA	BBB	CCC
DDD	EEE	FFF
GGG	HHH	III