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colspec — Specifications for a column in a table
colspec ::= EMPTY
Name | Type | Default | ||||||
| rowsep | CDATA | None | ||||||
| align |
| None | ||||||
| colwidth | CDATA | None | ||||||
| colname | CDATA | None | ||||||
| colnum | CDATA | None | ||||||
| char | CDATA | None | ||||||
| colsep | CDATA | None | ||||||
| charoff | CDATA | None |
The attributes of this empty element specify the presentation characteristics of entries in a column of a table.
Each ColSpec refers to a single column. Columns are numbered
sequentially from left to right in the table. If the
ColNum attribute is not specified, the
ColSpec is for the next column after the preceeding
ColSpec or column 1 if it is the first ColSpec.
Suppressed. This element is expected to obey the semantics of the CALS Table Model Document Type Definition, as specified by OASIS Technical Memorandum TM 9502:1995 .
Align specifies the horizontal alignment
of Entrys (or EntryTbls) in the column. The
default alignment is inherited from the enclosing TGroup.
If Char is specified, see also
Char and
CharOff.
Individual Entrys and
EntryTbls can specify an alternate alignment.
Char specifies the alignment character when
the Align attribute is set to Char.
CharOff specifies the percentage of the
column's total width that should appear to the left of the first
occurance of the character identified in Char when the Align
attribute is set to Char. This attribute is inherited from
the enclosing TGroup.
ColName gives a symbolic name to a column.
The symbolic name can then be used in subsequent Entrys and
SpanSpecs to identify the column.
ColNum gives the number of the column defined
by this ColSpec. If not specified, this ColSpec
describes the next column to the right of the column defined by the previous
ColSpec or the first column (column 1) if this is the first
ColSpec.
If ColSep has the value 1 (true), then
a rule will be drawn to the right of the column described by this
ColSpec. A value of 0 (false) suppresses the rule.
The rule to the right of the last column in the table is controlled by the
Frame attribute of the enclosing
Table or InformalTable and the
ColSep of the last column in the table
is ignored. If unspecified, this attribute is inherited from
enclosing elements. Individual Entrys or EntryTbls
can override the ColSpec setting of this attribute.
ColWidth specifies the desired width of the
relevant column. It can be either a fixed measure using one of the
CALS units (36pt, 10pc, etc.) or a proportional measure. Proportional
measures have the form “number*”, meaning
this column should be number times wider than a column with
the measure “1*” (or just “*”). These two
forms can be mixed, as in “3*+1pc”.
If RowSep has the value 1 (true), then a
rule will be drawn below the cells in the specified column. A value
of 0 (false) suppresses the rule. The rule below the last row in the
table is controlled by the Frame attribute
of the enclosing Table or InformalTable and
the RowSep of the last row is ignored. If
unspecified, this attribute is inherited from enclosing elements.
Individual Entrys or EntryTbls
can override the ColSpec setting of this attribute.
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