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Define table and cell styles

For a video on using table styles, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0084.

  1. If you want to base a new style on the formatting of an existing table or cell, place the insertion point in a cell.
  2. If desired, define a paragraph style for the cell style.
  3. Choose New Table Style from the Table Styles panel menu, or choose New Cell Style from the Cell Styles panel menu.
  4. For Style Name, type a name.
  5. For Based On, select which style the current style is based on.
  6. To define a style shortcut, position the insertion point in the Shortcut text box, and make sure that Num Lock is on. Then hold down any combination of Shift, Alt, or Ctrl (Windows) or Shift, Option, and Command (Mac OS), and press a number on the numeric keypad. You cannot use letters or non-keypad numbers for defining style shortcuts.
  7. To specify the formatting attributes, click a category on the left and specify the attributes you want. For example, to assign a paragraph style to a cell style, click the General category, and then choose the paragraph style from the Paragraph Style menu.

    For cell styles, options that don’t have a setting specified are ignored in the style. If you don’t want a setting to be part of the style, choose (Ignore) from the setting’s menu, delete the contents of the field, or click a check box until a small box appears in Windows or a hyphen (-) appears in Mac OS.

  8. If you want the new style to appear in a style group you’ve created, drag it to the style group folder.