{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| Column 1 || Column 2 || Column 3
|-
| rowspan="2"| A
| colspan="2" align="center"| B
|-
| C <!-- column 1 occupied by cell A -->
| D
|-
| E
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center"| F
|-
| G <!-- column 2+3 occupied by cell F -->
|-
| colspan="3" align="center"| H
|}
This is what it looks like:
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| A
| B
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| C
|}
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A
| style="text-align:center;"| B
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| C
|}