This element, which is Internet Explorer specific, can be used to group columns together to set their alignment properties. It accepts the following attributes:

ALIGN="center|justify|left|right"
This sets the text alignment within the column group. The default value is "center"

VALIGN="baseline|bottom|middle|top"
This sets the vertical text alignment within the column group.

SPAN="value"
This can be used to set the number of columns upon which the ALIGN and VALIGN attributes are to act.

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