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[Eddie]

Hi,
I have a problem with <tr> and <td> inheritance.
Here are the details:

HTML code:
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCB" align="left" valign="middle" class="c19">
<td height="30">Name</td>
<td>phone</td>
<td>email</td>
</tr>

css code for class="c19":
.c19 { color: #527531; font-family: verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica; font-size: 11px; padding-left: 5px; }

The problem is that the <td> cells do not inherit the padding-left from <tr> but they inherit everything else, font color, size, font family.
Can someone tell me why that is?
Thanks,
Ed

[Eddie]

Thanks for the quick input, I really appreciate it and I'll heed your advice.
Cheers,
Ed