html table cells - need help

[biagrin]

lets take the following table

<table>
   <tr>
      <td width="75%">
         contents
      </td>
      <td width="25%">
         contents 
       </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
       <td width="25%">
          contents
        </td>
        <td width="75%">
          contents
        </td>
   </tr>
</table>

so we have row 1, cell 1 - with a width of 75% and row 1 cell 2 - with a width of 25%. my question is - is it possible to get row 2 cell 1 and 2 to keep their own set widths rather than scale up/down to the size of the one above it.

[filburt1]

No. You need a separate table (don't use tables for layout).