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Not really much to see here other than this has been trunk8'd - Mouse over the section to see the whole text as a tooltip

$("#[id$='viewPanel1'] tr td:nth-child(4)").trunk8({
		fill: '<a href="#"> read more </a>',  //this is what is inserted into the text as placeholder
		lines: 3, //the number of lines of orginal text displayed
		side: 'right', //the placement of the "read more" left center right
		tooltip: true, //show a tooltip of the original text
		width: 'auto' // style the final text to fit the container.
	});