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Wiki Table Tips

Table Template

{|class="wikitable" style="background:#ffffff; text-align: center"
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF"
! Column1 Name !! Column2 Name !! Column3 Name
|-
| 1a || 2a || 3a
|-
| 1b || 2b || 3b
|}


It looks like this:

Column1 Name Column2 Name Column3 Name
1a 2a 3a
1b 2b 3b

Sortable Table Template

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#ffffff; text-align: center"
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF"
! Column1 Name !! Column2 Name !! Column3 Name
|-
| 1a || 2a || 3a
|-
| 1b || 2b || 3b
|}

Example:

Column1 Name Column2 Name Column3 Name
1a 2a 3a
1b 2b 3b

No First Row Table

{|class="wikitable" style="background:#ffffff; text-align: center"
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF"
| Column1 Name || Column2 Name || Column3 Name
|-
| 1a || 2a || 3a
|-
| 1b || 2b || 3b
|}

Example:

Column1 Name Column2 Name Column3 Name
1a 2a 3a
1b 2b 3b

Overlapping Rows Table

{|class="wikitable" style="background:#ffffff; text-align: center"
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF"
! Column1 Name !! Column2 Name !! Column3 Name
|-
| 1a || 2a || rowspan="2" | 3
|-
| 1b || 2b ||
|}

Example:

Column1 Name Column2 Name Column3 Name
1a 2a 3
1b 2b
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