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

Name	Price	Status	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.

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