Setting the Table layout Different browsers use different methods to calculate how a particular table should be displayed. Two primary table-layout. Fixed method bases its layout on the width of the table and the width of columns in the first row. This method is generally faster than automatic.  Automatic uses the table column width along with the amount of content in the table data cell to calculate the table data cell width. This will generally render more slowly than the fixed method, but it also produces more accurate results for widths throughout the table. To set the table layout method:
1. Add the table layout property to a CSS rule for a table element. Type table-layout, followed by a colon (:) on table elements
2. Specify the layout method. auto; Type one of the following values to specify which method you want to use when displaying your table: > fixed will use the first row to calculate the overall width of table data cells in that column of the table. > auto will allow the browser to calculate the widths of table data cells based on their content