Applying and editing table styles


    You can quickly apply a table style to an entire table or selected table cells. You can edit or remove the tables styles listed in the Table palette or add new ones to it.

To apply a table style to a table or table area:

  1. Select the table or portions of a table that you want to format using a table style.
  2. In the Style tab of the Table palette, choose a table style from the pop-up menu.
  3. Resize the blue bracket so that it marks the desired rows or columns to contain repeating styles. To resize a blue bracket, drag either end of it. The resizable area of the bracket is marked by blue lines at both ends of the bracket.
  4. Note: Depending on the table style, you may not be able to change which rows or columns contain repeating styles. For example, if the style of all columns is the same and a blue bracket marks the second column, you won't be able to resize the bracket to modify the style.

  5. Click Apply or choose Apply Table Style from the Table palette menu to apply the style to the table.

To remove a predefined style from a table or area of a table:

  1. Select the table or portions of the table which you want to remove a predefined style from.
  2. In the Style tab of the Table palette, click Clear; or, from the Table palette menu, choose Clear Table Style.

To add your own style to the Style tab of the Table palette:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • To create a new table style based on a table you've created, select the table and click the New Table Style button New Workspace button or choose New Table Style from the Table palette menu. Enter a name in the New Table Style dialog box and click OK.
    • To create a new table style based on an existing table style, choose a table style in the Style tab of the Table palette, and then click the New Table Style button or choose New Table Style from the Table palette menu. Enter a name in the New Table Style dialog box and click OK.
    • To replace a table style with the appearance of a table you've created, choose a table style in the Style tab of the Table palette, and then click the Capture Table Style button Capture Table Style button or choose Capture Table Style from the Table palette menu.

To rename a table style:

    Choose the table style and then click the Rename Table Style button Rename Table Style button or choose Rename Table Style from the Table palette menu.

To remove a style from the Style tab of the Table palette:

  1. In the Style tab of the Table palette, choose a style from the pop-up menu.
  2. Click the Delete Table Style button Remove Selected Workspaces button or choose Delete Table Style from the Table palette menu.

To export or import table styles:

    Do one of the following:

    • To export a set of table styles, choose Export Table Styles from the Table palette menu, name the file with a .xml extension, and then click Save.
    • To import a set of table styles, choose Import Table Styles from the Table palette menu, and then open a table styles file with a .xml extension in the filename.

To undo or redo a table style selection:

    Choose Undo Select Table Style or Redo Select Table Style from the Table palette menu.