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The th tag

The <th> tag is used to introduce a table head element. For further discussion and examples see the table entry.

Heading	Heading	Heading
Textual Element 1	Textual Element 2	Textual Element 3

The HTML for the above is

<table border=5>
<tr><th align=left>Heading<th align=center>Heading<th align=right>Heading
<tr><td>Textual Element 1<td>Textual Element 2<td>Textual Element 3
</table>

The <th> tag has almost exactly the same effect as the <td> tag and has the same attributes. The only differences are that, by default,

1. Text is rendered in a strong or bold style
2. Items within a <th> cell have the align=center attribute

<th> and <td> cells may be freely mixed, even within the same table row.