# Spacing on tables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spacing-on-tables/172781>\
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**Created:** [December 17, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spacing-on-tables/172781 "2005-12-17T22:30:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![fm47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@fm47](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fm47)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spacing-on-tables/172781/1 "2005-12-17T22:30:03Z")

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Hiya, I was wondering how I could have some spacing between my content and the left border of the table. It’s riding right against it. Do I simply increase the table’s colspan, or is there a method to do these things?