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CAPTION - Table Caption
Summary
The CAPTION element defines a table caption. When used, CAPTION must be the first element in the TABLE. Only inline elements (e.g., STRONG) may be used within CAPTION.
A good caption should provide a short heading for the table. For simple tables, the caption can also act as an adequate summary, but for more complex tables, authors should supplement the CAPTION with a full summary, either through TABLE's SUMMARY attribute or within a paragraph outside of the TABLE. The following example features a simple table where the CAPTION provides a heading and an adequate table summary:
<TABLE> <CAPTION>Common Usenet Abbreviations</CAPTION> <THEAD> <TR> <TH>Abbreviation</TH> <TH>Long Form</TH> </TR> </THEAD> <TBODY> <TR> <TD>AFAIK</TD> <TD>As Far As I Know</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>IMHO</TD> <TD>In My Humble Opinion</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>OTOH</TD> <TD>On The Other Hand</TD> </TR> </TBODY></TABLE>
The next example uses TABLE's SUMMARY attribute to complement the CAPTION:
<TABLE SUMMARY="This table gives the character entity reference, decimal character reference, and hexadecimal character reference for symbols and Greek letters."> <CAPTION>Symbols and Greek Letters in HTML 4.0</CAPTION> <COLGROUP> <COLGROUP SPAN=3> <THEAD> <TR> <TH SCOPE=col>Character</TH> <TH SCOPE=col>Entity</TH> <TH SCOPE=col>Decimal</TH> <TH SCOPE=col>Hex</TH> </TR> </THEAD> <TBODY> <TR> <TD SCOPE=row>Latin small f with hook</TD> <TD>&fnof;</TD> <TD>&#402;</TD> <TD>&#x192;</TD> </TR> ... </TBODY></TABLE>
The deprecated ALIGN attribute of CAPTION specifies the alignment of the caption relative to the table. Possible values are top (the default), bottom, left, and right.
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