Hi, I created a template that begins with a <table>

When I create an article using the template and then check it in Source mode, the first tag is <p> not <table>

This throws out the layout just enough to be really annoying.

Is there anything I can do?

Thanks.

Unfortunately that is the editor placing a <p> tag by default inside the new article. It is there before you choose the template.
What you could do is use css to style it 'away'. Or use ReReplacer to remove the tags on output.

Peter, thanks for your reply. I think that ReReplacer seems to be the way to go - I don't really know regex though.

What would be the regex to change <p><table> to <table> if <p><table> was the start of an article?

Actually, I could change the template to make it <table id="dummy> if that would make it easier - as that table id would only appear at the start of an article regardless of other tables.

Thanks.

Well, actually you would never want '<p><table>' in your content.
So try this with ReReplacer:
Search (no regex, just normal search):

Replace:

Thanks Peter.