Create and manage table styles

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Table styles control the appearance of tables and ensure

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that the tables you create have consistent formatting.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to

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create and work with table styles

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open the post frame project drawing provided in the data set.

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This drawing has an existing table containing information about

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the posts used on this post frame building.

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A table style consists of formatting options for tables, title

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column headings and data cells on the ribbons annotate tab,

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click on the table style flyout arrow on the tables panel title

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using the existing standard style as a starting point, click new name,

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the new style schedule and click continue.

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The new table style dialogue displays all the properties

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that can be modified to create the desired table.

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Look.

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Tables have three default cell styles, data cells, header cells and title cells.

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Custom cell styles can also be created but table styles

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can only be defined using the default cell styles.

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Custom cell styles can be assigned to specific cells

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after a table has been created that references that style

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the default styles as well as any custom styles can have their own format options

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such as cell alignment margins.

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Text properties fill colors, border styles, et cetera.

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Choose the data sell style

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and click the general tab, set the text alignment to middle center

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and set the margins to one 32nd.

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You can press the tab key to advance to the next field.

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Click the text tab,

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set the text style to general text and the text height to five 64th.

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Click on the borders tab and select the all borders property on the left.

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Now choose the header cell style. Click on the general tab again,

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set the alignment to middle center,

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set the margins to one 32nd.

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Click on the text tab,

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change the style to general text

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and set the text he to 3 30 seconds,

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click on the borders tab

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and click the all borders property again, choose the title

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cell style.

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Click the general tab,

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choose full color,

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set it to a light gray

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set the margins again to one 32nd

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and make sure that the merged cells on row column creation

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option is checked,

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click the text tab,

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set the style to title text,

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click the borders tab, check the double line option

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and choose the outside borders button.

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Click OK, to close the schedule table style

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and click close to close the table style editor.

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Now let's apply the new style to the existing table,

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select the post schedule table and then the properties pallette

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choose the schedule table style to update the existing table

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using table styles can help establish consistent quality and

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make managing the overall look of tables much easier.