17.4.34 start

This element specifies the amount of space which shall be left between the leading edge of the cell contents and the leading edge of all table cells within the parent table (or table row). This setting can be overridden by the table cell leading margin definition specified by the start element contained within the table cell’s properties (17.4.35).

This value is specified in the units applied via its type attribute. Any width value of type pct or auto for this element shall be ignored.

If this element is omitted, then it shall inherit the table cell margin from the associated table style. If a leading margin is never specified in the style hierarchy, this table shall have 115 twentieths of a point (0.08 inches) left cell padding by default (excepting individual cell overrides).

[Example: Consider a two by two LTR table in which the default table cell leading margin is specified to be exactly 0.25 inches, as follows (marked with an arrow in the first table cell below):

R1C1

R2C1

R2C1

R2C2

This table property is specified using the following WordprocessingML markup:

<w:tbl>
  <w:tblPr>
    <w:tblCellMar>
      <w:start w:w="360" w:type="dxa"/>
    </w:tblCellMar>
  </w:tblPr>
  …
</w:tbl>

Every cell in the table has a default leading cell margin setting it to

twentieths of a point. end example]

This element’s content model is defined by the common table measurement definition in 17.4.87.