[Groff] tbl(1) and Left-Adjusted Text Cells

[Andrew J. Piziali]

   In a table I've written using tbl(1), I have a number of text cells
such as:

     T{
     .ad l
     Some text that should be left-justified within its
     column.
     T}

Is there a way to instruct tbl to left adjust all text in the table
without having to repeat the ".ad l" request in every T{...T} block?
I've tried inserting the .ad request before all of the T{...T} blocks
but it has no effect.

   Thank you.


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