To make the table stretch beyond the size of the text, I added width = "80"% in the table command.
Color can be added to the entire table, to a row or to a cell by adding the command bgcolor within either the table, tr or td tag.

The table below has border set to zero and a width of 40%. Tables are often used to format Web pages so text can be displayed next to the graphic.

Image	filename
	fish.gif
	a-rabbit.gif Animated GIF files are fun but they can be very distracting. Use with caution!
	a-compb.gif