Finds the third td.
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("td:eq(2)").css("color", "red"); }); </script> </head> <body> <body> <table border="1"> <tr><td>TD #0</td><td>TD #1</td><td>TD #2</td></tr> <tr><td>TD #3</td><td>TD #4</td><td>TD #5</td></tr> <tr><td>TD #6</td><td>TD #7</td><td>TD #8</td></tr> </table> </body> </html>