17.4.35 start

This element specifies the amount of space which shall be left between the leading extent of the current cell contents and the leading edge border of a specific individual table cell within a table. This setting shall override the table cell leading margin definition specified by the start element contained within the table properties (17.4.34).

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 omitted, then this table cell shall use the leading cell margins defined in the start element contained within the table properties (17.4.34).

[Example: Consider a two row, two column LTR table in which the first table cell in the second row has a leading margin which is specified via an exception to be 0.5 inches, causing the text to be position 0.5" inside the cell, as follows:

R1C1

R1C2

R2C1

R2C2

The exception on this cell would be specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:tc>
  <w:tcPr>
    <w:tcMar>
      <w:start w:w="720" w:type="dxa" />
    </w:tcMar>
  </w:tcPr>
</w:tc>

The R2C1 cell in this table has an exception applied to the table cell leading margin setting it to 720 twentieths of a point (0.5 inches). end example]

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