The present disclosure relates to a method for automatically generating table images. The method includes determining a table configuration including a number of rows of the table, a number of columns of the table and a spanning area of the table, the spanning area indicating a fraction of spanning cells in the table. The table may be generated in accordance with the table configuration. Content may be inserted into cells of the table using a selected content template. An image table of an appearance of the table may be created and the image table may be provided.