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Create Tables for Data

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Tables should never be used for page layout, although in the past many web designers used them for this purpose. The practice is now deprecated (obsolete and bad practice). Tables must now be used only for the purpose for which they were originally intended, i.e., for presenting data.

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West, A.W. (2016). Create Tables for Data. In: Practical Web Design for Absolute Beginners. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1993-5_16

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