diff --git a/src/imxml2epub.py b/src/imxml2epub.py
index b71df10..c4536e1 100755
--- a/src/imxml2epub.py
+++ b/src/imxml2epub.py
@@ -1599,22 +1599,18 @@ class FootnoteError(Exception):
         strColumnString = xmlTable.find(".//EOAtablecolumns").text
         strColumnString = re.sub(r"\|", "", strColumnString)
         xmlTable.remove(xmlTable.find(".//EOAtablecolumns"))
-        reMatchObjects = re.findall(r'([L|R|C].*?[c|m]m)', strColumnString)
+        reMatchObjects = re.findall(r'(([L|R|C])(.*?)([c|m]m))', strColumnString)
         intTableWidth = 0
         listColumnAlignments = [None]
         listColumnWidths = [None]
         intNumberOfColumns = 0
         for strColumnDefinition in reMatchObjects:
-            strColumnDefinition = strColumnDefinition.rstrip("cm")
-            strColumnAlignment = strColumnDefinition[0]
-            if strColumnAlignment == "L":
-                strColumnAlignment = "left"
-            if strColumnAlignment == "C":
-                strColumnAlignment = "center"
-            if strColumnAlignment == "R":
-                strColumnAlignment = "right"
-            listColumnAlignments.append(strColumnAlignment)
-            intColumnWidth = int(float(strColumnDefinition.lstrip("LRC")) * 75)
+            alignment_dict = {"L" : "left", "C" : "center", "R" : "right"}
+            listColumnAlignments.append(alignment_dict[strColumnDefinition[1]])
+            if strColumnDefinition[3] == "mm":
+                intColumnWidth = int(float(strColumnDefinition[2]) * 6)
+            else:
+                intColumnWidth = int(float(strColumnDefinition[2]) * 75)
             listColumnWidths.append(intColumnWidth)
             intTableWidth += intColumnWidth
             intNumberOfColumns += 1