All Table Options in Markdown - Advanced

2024-07-24

Short version

Learn how to create various styles of tables using Markdown syntax.

| Name   | Age  |
|--------|------|
| John   | 30   |
| Alice  | 25   |

Name	Age
John	30
Alice	25

Markdown’s table support is minimal but functional. This document explores ways to enhance table presentation and readability in your documents.

A table in Markdown is created using pipes (|) and hyphens (-). Example:

| Header | Header |
| ------ | ------ |
| Cell   | Cell   |

To align table columns, you can use colons on the separator line:

| Left   | Center | Right  |
| :------| :----: | ------: |
| Value1 | Value2 | Value3 |

| Left   | Center | Right  |
| :-----:| :----: | :-----:|
| Value1 | Value2 | Value3 |

Cell spanning: Not supported in standard Markdown.
Styling: Markdown provides no direct styling options; rely on CSS where supported.