I created 7 tables with the html <table>.

Used <tr><th></th></tr> for headers then <tr><td></td></tr> for the data.

I want to resize each columns to be a certain size in characters (16 etc.) but the columns wont change no matter what with set td width=" " to. The column sizing seems to be according to the data inside the <th>. The column size only change with i set the (whole) table width to be a certain size. Is there a way to re-size each column individually?

Thank you.

If you know the width of each column then you also know the total width of the table so it shouldn't be a problem setting that one aswell, right?

Make sure the TD in which you set the width has content. Not all browsers accept a width setting when a td is empty.

Also, maybe you already know this. You only have to define widths for each TD (or TH) for one row. The rest of the cells will follow the widths you set.