public function getTableElementStartAsString()
    {
        $escapedSheetName = $this->stringsEscaper->escape($this->externalSheet->getName());
        $tableStyleName = 'ta' . ($this->externalSheet->getIndex() + 1);

        $tableElement  = '<table:table table:style-name="' . $tableStyleName . '" table:name="' . $escapedSheetName . '">';
        $tableElement .= '<table:table-column table:default-cell-style-name="ce1" table:style-name="co1" table:number-columns-repeated="' . $this->maxNumColumns . '"/>';

        return $tableElement;
    }