podes hacerlo tranquilamente con Jacascript.....de esta forma:
 
inserta esto dentro de los tags <head>.....</head> 
 Cita:  <script type="text/javascript">
 
 
var highlightbehavior="TD"
 
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
var ie=document.all
 
function changeto(e,highlightcolor){
source=ie? event.srcElement : e.target
if (source.tagName=="TABLE")
return
while(source.tagName!=highlightbehavior && source.tagName!="HTML")
source=ns6? source.parentNode : source.parentElement
if (source.style.backgroundColor!=highlightcolor&&sou  rce.id!="ignore")
source.style.backgroundColor=highlightcolor
}
 
function contains_ns6(master, slave) { //check if slave is contained by master
while (slave.parentNode)
if ((slave = slave.parentNode) == master)
return true;
return false;
}
 
function changeback(e,originalcolor){
if (ie&&(event.fromElement.contains(event.toElement)|  |source.contains(event.toElement)||source.id=="ign  ore")||source.tagName=="TABLE")
return
else if (ns6&&(contains_ns6(source, e.relatedTarget)||source.id=="ignore"))
return
if (ie&&event.toElement!=source||ns6&&e.relatedTarget  !=source)
source.style.backgroundColor=originalcolor
}
 
</script>
    en el tag <table>......</table> lo siguiente: 
 Cita:  <table onMouseover="changeto(event, 'lightgreen')" onMouseout="changeback(event, 'white')">
"
"
</table>
    en la celda donde no queres que haga este efecto, pone lo siguiente: 
 Cita:  <table onMouseover=.... onMouseout=...>
<td id="ignore">Main Menu</td>
<td>Eggs</td>
<td>Ham</td>
</table>
    