# Getting a table to format properly without CSS (HTML mail) **URL:** \ **Category:** Curriculum Help\ **Created:** [April 18, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-a-table-to-format-properly-without-css-html-mail/686006 "2024-04-18T17:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blackrifle79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@Blackrifle79](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Blackrifle79)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-a-table-to-format-properly-without-css-html-mail/686006/1 "2024-04-18T17:13:17Z")
I’m trying to put an image into an email that has different clickable areas and my only idea was to create a table in Photoshop using slices, but when I export the code and paste it into my email builder, I get some weird spacing results. This is how I want it to look… ![Screenshot 2024-04-18 120940](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/4X/4/1/a/41a3cc031afd4ffe2a20cb729e5647089ca51f34.jpeg) I end up with spaces between all the cells. For those who don’t know, I can’t use any CSS for this application as Outlook won’t recognize it. I have my cell spacing set to zero in the HTML. Does anybody know why this might be happening? ---
**Author:** ![Blackrifle79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@Blackrifle79](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Blackrifle79)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-a-table-to-format-properly-without-css-html-mail/686006/2 "2024-04-18T17:14:11Z")
This is how the table looks in the builder (I haven’t linked the images yet). ![Screenshot 2024-04-18 121107](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/4X/d/4/3/d43123369e94f99bac1cb7ad281bfc369d1655d3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-a-table-to-format-properly-without-css-html-mail/686006/3 "2024-04-18T17:17:31Z")
have you checked margin padding and border if they have a value set? ---
**Author:** ![Blackrifle79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@Blackrifle79](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Blackrifle79)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-a-table-to-format-properly-without-css-html-mail/686006/4 "2024-04-18T17:45:51Z")
Yeah, the code is really simple… ```auto image_map
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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-a-table-to-format-properly-without-css-html-mail/686006/5 "2024-04-18T17:52:40Z")
try to put the images in, the image of broken image is not a perfect replacement ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/3X/e/1/e1c433102e34b46dfaa3e15d13ab9a514b127078.svg) [@system](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-a-table-to-format-properly-without-css-html-mail/686006/6 "2024-10-18T05:52:43Z")
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