Width of A Table

[ral]

Hello. I am kind of a HTML newbie but I am creating a table with information. If i do not specify the width of the table, it makes it very long and I have to scroll horizontally on the page to see it all. I want to be able to shrink it down and make it viewable on one page. How can I do this? Can I make the font smaller or specify a width of the table? I did <table width="400" border="1"> but this didnt change anything. Help please.

[markdamo]

This code will strech the table to fill the width of the screen.

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

[soccer362001]

The best way to do it would be via css.
<style type="text/css">
table{width:100%}
</style>

[felgall]

The only reason a table would go wider than the screen is if the contents of the table are too wide.