If you select the whole table along with some content and click BOLD, all table related tags will get wrapped by a <strong> tag. For instance tfoot, thead and so on will be wrapped with <strong>. Initial content: <table style="width: 0px;"> <colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th>test</th> <th>test</th> <th>test</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th>test</th> <th>test</th> <td>test</td> </tr> <tr> <th>test</th> <th>test</th> <td>test</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> test line beneath the table Modified content: <table style="width: 0px;"> <strong><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup></strong> <thead> <tr> <th><strong>test</strong></th> <th><strong>test</strong></th> <th><strong>test</strong></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th><strong>test</strong></th> <th><strong>test</strong></th> <td><strong>test</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <th><strong>test</strong></th> <th><strong>test</strong></th> <td><strong>test</strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <strong> <br /> test line beneath the table</strong> Video reproduction in Chrome: https://www.screencast.com/t/lH3LJLKjmXb