Spanning Rows or Columns
You can create a table cell that stretches across more than one row or column. In the following table, notice how the row that contains "Sports Teams" spans three columns.
| Sports Teams |
| City |
Baseball Team |
Hockey Team |
| Boston |
Red Sox |
Bruins |
| New York |
Yankees |
Rangers |
| Chicago |
White Sox |
Black Hawks |
You can also create a column that spans several rows, as illustrated below. Notice that Boston spans three rows.
| Colleges |
| City |
Name |
| Boston |
Boston College |
| Northeastern University |
| Boston University |
| New York |
Columbia University |