1<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
2<head>
3<script>
4function boom()
5{
6  document.documentElement.style.emptyCells = "show";
7  document.getElementsByTagName("td")[0].style.borderColor = "magenta";
8  document.getElementsByTagName("col")[0].style.position = "absolute";
9}
10</script>
11</head>
12<body onload="boom();">
13<td><col span="3"></col></td>
14</body>
15</html>
16