7.7.4 Configuring cell format properties

The names of cell formats must end in Cell. The default cell format is named Cell. Cell format Cell has no default properties; however, you can define a format for Cell:

[Cell]
property1 = value1
property2 = value2a value2b value2c ...
. . .

For HTML output, cell format names are used in the class attribute of cell elements, and result in CSS that implements their properties. Table 7-7 lists the properties you can define for cells.

Table 7-7 Format properties of table cells

Cell format property

Valid cell property values

category

TableCellFormats

help

Any text to describe purpose or use of format

vertical align

top, middle, or bottom

margin left
margin right
margin top
margin bottom

(RTF only) Number and units; values override corresponding cell margin settings in table formats

padding left
padding right
padding top
padding bottom

(HTML only) Number and units; values override corresponding cell padding settings in table formats

border left
border right
border top
border bottom

Names of border formats; override row but not table borders

shading

Shading format; overrides table and row shading;

css

(HTML only) Adds information to the cell-format CSS code

rtf

(RTF only) Adds information to the cell-format RTF code

start

Inserts content at the top of the cell

end

Adds content at the bottom of the cell

Some examples:

[Cell]
; These are the default RTF cell properties:
margin left = 6pt
margin right = 6pt
margin top = 6pt
margin bottom = 6pt
border left = LightBorder
border right = LightBorder
[EmptyCell]
border left = NoBorder
border top = NoBorder
[BodyCell]
based = Cell
[ShadedCell]
based = BodyCell
shading = LightGreyShade
[XtraShadedCell]
based = BodyCell
shading = DarkGreyShade
[RowHeadCell]
based = BodyCell
shading = LightGreyShade
border right = HeavyBorder
[ColHeadCell]
based = BodyCell
shading = LightGreyShade
border bottom = HeavyBorder

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Parent Topic:  7.7 Configuring table output formats

Sibling Topics:

7.7.1 Naming and defining table, row, and cell formats

7.7.2 Configuring table format properties

7.7.3 Configuring row format properties