if you want to display
a b c d e
rather than
a
b
c
d
e
Then you'd use
<table>
<tr>
<td>a</td><td>b</td><td>c</td><td>d</td><td>e</td>
</tr>
</table>
Whereas if you wanted vertical:
<table>
<tr>
<Td>a</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<Td>b</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<Td>c</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<Td>d</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<Td>e</td>
</tr>
</table>
I think htmlgoodies.com has some good tutorials.
Cgraz