Attribute for <COL ...>
SPAN = integer

For example, in the following code the first SPAN affects the first column. The second SPAN uses SPAN=2 to apply itelf to the next two columns.

<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=5>
<COL>
<COL STYLE="color:red" SPAN=2>
<TR> <TH>Expense</TH> <TH>Price</TH> <TH>Status</TH> </TR>
<TR> <TD>office suite</TD> <TD>1,343.11</TD> <TD>rental</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>cabling</TD> <TD>1.00</TD> <TD>installed</TD> </TR>
</TABLE>

which gives us this table.

Expense	Price	Status
office suite	1,343.11	rental
cabling	1.00	installed