Lets give Ed a bigger cell since he's been here from the beginning.

    <TABLE BORDER=3 WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=75>
    <TR>
    <TD WIDTH=80%>Ed</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Tom</TD>
    </TR>
    </TABLE>

Ed | Tom

Now Rick is back and of course he wants his own cell. We need to decide how much of the row we will give him. I suppose 20% is fair. Make sure to adjust Ed's share also.

    <TABLE BORDER=3 WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=75>
    <TR>
    <TD WIDTH=60%>Ed</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Tom</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Rick</TD>
    </TR>
    </TABLE>

Ed | Tom | Rick

Three yahoos from across the street see what's going on and they want to be in your table. I think we will give them their own row.

    <TABLE BORDER=3 WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=75>

    <TR>
    <TD WIDTH=60%>Ed</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Tom</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Rick</TD>
    </TR>

    <TR>
    <TD>Larry</TD>
    <TD>Curly</TD>
    <TD>Moe</TD>
    </TR>

    </TABLE>

Ed | Tom | Rick
Larry | Curly | Moe

The `WIDTH` attributes in the first row carry over to the second row.

If Moe leaves, we still have a perfectly good table, it just has an empty spot.

    <TABLE BORDER=3 WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=75 >

    <TR>
    <TD WIDTH=60%>Ed</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Tom</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Rick</TD>
    </TR>

    <TR>
    <TD>Larry</TD>
    <TD>Curly</TD>
    </TR>

    </TABLE>

Ed | Tom | Rick
Larry | Curly

What we may want to do, just to keep the browser from guessing, is to actually leave that empty cell there and just put a blank space in it (`&nbsp;`). Normally for a simple table this isn't necessary, however as your tables become more complex, the less guesing the browser has to to, the better off you'll be.

    <TABLE BORDER=3 WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=75 >

    <TR>
    <TD WIDTH=60%>Ed</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Tom</TD>
    <TD WIDTH=20%>Rick</TD>
    </TR>

    <TR>
    <TD>Larry</TD>
    <TD>Curly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>

    </TABLE>

Ed | Tom | Rick
Larry | Curly |

Let's put Moe back and remove all attributes except `BORDER`.

    <TABLE BORDER=3>

    <TR>
    <TD>Ed</TD>
    <TD>Tom</TD>
    <TD>Rick</TD>
    </TR>

    <TR>
    <TD>Larry</TD>
    <TD>Curly</TD>
    <TD>Moe</TD>
    </TR>

    </TABLE>

Ed | Tom | Rick
Larry | Curly | Moe

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