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Table Column Specification
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Table Column Specification
Specify table column properties
Description
Specifies the format of a table column. Add a Table Column Specification component for
only those columns that you do not want the default settings for the table.
Properties
• Column number: Specifies a column number for the column to which this column
specification applies. Enter a number or %<expr>. Avoid using the same column
number for two column specifications in the same table.
• Column name: Specifies the name of this column. The name appears in the Outline
pane of the Report Explorer. Enter text or a %<expr>.
A Table Entry component can use this name to specify that it starts or ends on this
column.
• Column width: Specifies the width of the column.
To specify an absolute column width, specify a number or %<expr>. Use one of these
units of measure: inches (in), picas (pi), or points (pt).
You can use relative widths for columns. If you use relative widths for one column
in a table, you must use relative widths for the other columns in the table. Specify
1* for one column, as a baseline. For other columns, specify the width as a factor of
the baseline column. The width of each column reflects its relative size. For example,
suppose a two column table is 6 inches wide. The width of the first column is set to
1*, and the width of the second column is set to 2*. The width of the first column is 2
inches, and the width of the second column is 4 inches.
• Entry horizontal alignment: Justifies the position of table entries in the column,
relative to the left and right sides of the column.
Use the Horizontal entry alignment setting of the Table component, or explicitly
set this property: