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<title>CSS Test: Column boxes can occupy more than one column of cells</title>
<link rel="author" title="Microsoft" href="http://www.microsoft.com/" />
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#table-layout" />
<meta name="assert" content="A column box can occupy more than one column of cells." />
<style type="text/css">
#cell
{
background: blue;
}
td
{
border: 1px solid black;
height: 2em;
width: 2em;
}
</style>
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<p>Test passes if the two middle columns of the table below are blue.</p>
<table>
<col />
<col id="cell" span="2" />
<col />
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
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