TABLESTYLE — Table Style

Creates and modifies table styles.

Command: TABLESTYLE · Global name: _TABLESTYLE · Alias: TS
Ribbon: Annotate › Tables
Menu: Format

Manages table styles: creates, modifies and deletes styles, and sets the current one. The style sets the cell margins and, for the data, header and title rows, the text, color, fill and alignment.

Usage

Enter TABLESTYLE (or TS) or click Table Style on the ribbon. The Table Style dialog box opens.
Choose a style in the list (styles used by tables show "(in use)"). Double-click makes it current.
Click one of the buttons; Close finishes.

Buttons

Set Current: new tables will use the selected style.
New...: opens Create New Table Style; type the name in New Style Name:, choose in Start With: the style to copy and click Continue.
Modify...: opens the modify dialog box, described below.
Delete: deletes the style unless it is Standard, current or used by a table.

Modify Table Style

Horizontal margin: and Vertical margin:: space between the text and the cell borders.
Cell style:: choose Data, Header or Title; the fields below belong to that row: Text style:, Text height:, Text color:, Fill color: and Alignment:.

Click OK: the tables that use the style are redrawn.

Command line

Table style (new N, current N, height N data 3, color N title 1…) <Close>:

new N [base], current N, delete N and, for the data, header or title row of style N: height N data 3.5, color N title 1, fill N header 8 (or none), align N data MC. margin N 1.5 changes the margins. The Spanish words (nuevo, actual, altura, datos…) are also accepted.

Notes

The current style is stored in CTABLESTYLE and can also be chosen in the list of the Tables panel on the Annotate tab.