HTML Attribute for <COL ...>
ALIGN =LEFT |CENTER |RIGHT |JUSTIFY

ALIGN sets the horizontal alignment of the cells in the column. The four possible values are LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, and JUSTIFY. JUSTIFY is poorly supported.

<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=5>
<COL ALIGN=LEFT>
<COL ALIGN=RIGHT>
<COL ALIGN=CENTER>
<COL ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
<TR> <TH>Name</TH> <TH>Price</TH> <TH>Status</TH> <TH>Comments</TH> </TR>
more table rows
</TABLE>

which gives us

NamePriceStatus Comments
office suite 1,343.11 rent Nice office suite. Rent is rather expensive though. I'll leave it up to the CEO to decide.
cabling 1.00 100% completely installed These cables are perfect for the job. We need about 250 feet of it.

<COL WIDTH="..."> >