Tables and Style sheets:
You can redefine you 
  <TABLE> and <TD> tags to use style to control all your tables. Or 
  you can create a custom class to use.
  
ex.
In style sheet:
  
  table { font-family: 
  Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #FF33FF; background-image: 
  url(../examples/pony.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: 
  left center; letter-spacing: .5pt; text-align: center; border-color: #CC00FF 
  #00FF00 #33FFFF #FF0000; clip: rect( ); border-style: dashed; border-top-width: 
  thick; border-right-width: thick; border-bottom-width: thick; border-left-width: 
  thick; font-weight: bold}
  
  td { border: #00FF00; border-top-width: thick; border-right-width: thick; border-bottom-width: 
  thick; border-left-width: thick} 
Result:
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