Like the galleries do! When a framed picture or document hangs on a wall, there's bound to be a shadow along one side and the bottom of the frame. We can fake this shadow by using tables.

The image above is framed in a borderless table. The added shadow effect gives the illusion of a slight space between the image and the "wall" it's hanging on.

The table below shows the skeleton of the tabled shadow:

To frame an image or text, you must use a table within a table, as in this image below:

NOTES:

1. The upper right and lower left cells should not have a bgcolor, so the color or the background image shows through.



2. The shadow color intensity can vary. In the example tables, the shadow color is #666666. If the page background is dark, use black for the shadow color.



3. Since colspan and rowspan are involved, use a pixel size, not a percentage, for widths and heights. The outcome will be much better.

Here is Sally's Shadow Tables mini tute.