The following example sets the space between the cell wall and the cell content to ten pixels:

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<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> </head> <body> <p>Table without cellpadding:</p> <table border="1"> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> <p>Table with cellpadding:</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>
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