// this simply automates some tedious table formatting stuff I'd otherwise have to do by hand (until browsers have better CSS support).
function slapTable(_id,_margin,_hAlign,_vAlign){
	if(!_margin){
		_margin = '12px';
	}
	if(!_hAlign){
		_hAlign = 'left';
	}
	if(!_vAlign){
		_vAlign = 'top';
	}
	var el = document.getElementById(_id);
	var rws = el.getElementsByTagName("tr");
	var cels,i,ii;
	for(i=0; i < rws.length; i++){
		cels = rws[i].getElementsByTagName("td");
		for(ii = 0; ii < cels.length; ii++){
			if(ii != cels.length-1){
				cels[ii].style.paddingRight = _margin;
			}
			cels[ii].style.textAlign=_hAlign;
			cels[ii].setAttribute('valign',_vAlign);
		}
	}
	el.style.marginBottom = _margin;
}