<col> (Single Column Definition)

This element specifies the properties for a single column of text within this section.

example: 
<w:cols … >
  <w:col w:w="2880" w:space="1440"/>
  …
</w:cols>

The resulting column specifies its width of 2,880 twentieths of a point and space following of 1,440 twentieths of a point. ]

The contents of the <col> element are only used to calculate the number and size of columns if the @fixedWidth attribute is set to false or omitted.

Parent Elements

<cols> (§2.6.4)

Attributes

Description

<space> (Space Before Following Column)

Specifies the spacing (in twentieths of a point) between the current column and the next column.

<w:col … w:space="1440"/>

For the last text column in the section, no spacing is allowed after the column, and, if present, any @space value is ignored.

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_TwipsMeasure simple type (§2.18.105).

<w> (Column Width)

Specifies the width (in twentieths of a point) of this text column.

<w:col … w:w="2880"/>

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_TwipsMeasure simple type (§2.18.105).

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_Column">
	<attribute name="w" type="ST_TwipsMeasure" use="optional"/>
	<attribute name="space" type="ST_TwipsMeasure" use="optional"/>
</complexType>