#### 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

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