# Adding an HTML Table
Add a table formatted in HTML to your article.
## Discussion
To add an HTML table to your article, you add a component with the `role` property set to `htmltable`. In the required `html` property, add the coded HTML table consisting of your data and the HTML tags that indicate rows. Make sure that all of your HTML code is enclosed in `` tags.
To change the appearance of an HTML table, you can use any of the HTML tags Apple News Format supports; for more information, see . You can also apply c`omponentStyles` from Apple News Format; for more information, see [`TableStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/TableStyle).
### Review the HTML Table Tags
Apple News Format supports these tags for HTML tables:
```html
| |
|
```
> Note: HTML `` or ` | ` elements that span multiple columns or rows aren’t supported. Apple News Format ignores `colspan` and `rowspan` attributes.
This list describes how to use the basic HTML table tags:
- Begin each row of the table (including the header row) with ` | ` and end each row with `
`.
- Use table heading tags (`` and ` | `) around each element in the table header.
- Put table data tags (`` and ` | `) around each element in a row.
- Enclose a single row or group of rows in ``, ``, or `` tags.
- Style your table text using supported HTML tags. See .
- Use a JSON [`ComponentStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ComponentStyle) that has the `tableStyle` object defined to specify table alignment, table padding, and other, nontextual table styles. Apple News Format ignores any style-related HTML attributes, such as `cellpadding`, `cellspacing`, `width`, and `alignment`.
Consider the following example HTML code:
```html
| First Name | Last Name |
|---|
| John | Appleseed |
```
This code results in a table with two columns and two rows — one row is for the heading and one is for data.
|First name|Last name|
|----------|---------|
|John |Appleseed|
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