A) First Example Table

An example paragraph to illustrate font property inheritance (or lack thereof)

Here is the caption to this exciting table
Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3
item 1 item 2 item 3
item 4 item 5 item 6
item 7 item 8 item 9

B) Rowspan and Colspan

Here is the caption to this exciting table
Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3
item 1 item 2
item 4 item 5 item 6
item 8 item 9