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\name{column_spec}
\alias{column_spec}
\title{Specify the look of the selected column}
\usage{
column_spec(kable_input, column, width = NULL, bold = FALSE,
  italic = FALSE, monospace = FALSE, color = NULL, background = NULL,
  border_left = FALSE, border_right = FALSE)
}
\arguments{
\item{kable_input}{Output of \code{knitr::kable()} with \code{format} specified}

\item{column}{A numeric value indicating which column to be selected. When
you do the counting, ignore the extra header columns you added through
add_header_left.}

\item{width}{A character string telling HTML & LaTeX how wide the column
needs to be, e.g. "10cm", "3in" or "30em".}

\item{bold}{A T/F value to control whether the text of the selected column
need to be bolded.}

\item{italic}{A T/F value to control whether the text of the selected column
need to be emphasized.}

\item{monospace}{A T/F value to control whether the text of the selected column
need to be monospaced (verbatim)}

\item{color}{A character string for column text color. Here please pay
attention to the differences in color codes between HTML and LaTeX.}

\item{background}{A character string for column background color. Here please
pay attention to the differences in color codes between HTML and LaTeX.}

\item{border_left}{A logical variable indicating whether there should be a
border line on the left of the selected column. In HTML, you can also pass
in a character string for the CSS of the border line}

\item{border_right}{A logical variable indicating whether there should be a
border line on the right of the selected column. In HTML, you can also pass
in a character string for the CSS of the border line}
}
\description{
This function allows users to select a column and then specify
its look. Right now it supports the following three properties: column width,
bold text and italic text.
}
\examples{
x <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "html")
column_spec(x, 1, width = "20em", bold = TRUE, italic = TRUE)

}