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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS4F05BF86-218B-4450-8737-5906F312CE53a"><h3 class="topictitle3">About table and cell styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS0F0BAF3D-86EC-4948-81E2-430351A1BB84a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Table/Cell Styles panels overview</h3>
</a></p><ul><li><p><a href="#WSB7C29E74-7074-4d2c-9D87-891CA6FCD32Ca"><h4 class="topictitle4">Open the Table Styles or Cell Styles panel</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS3D881A6C-86DB-4161-ACE1-EC7799F0A35Da"><h4 class="topictitle4">Change how styles are listed in the panel</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></li><li><p><a href="#WSB6F55310-B838-4179-BF7A-2112A56C399Fa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Define table and cell styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSAF87A332-E249-4345-953D-96C288017482a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Load (import) table styles from other documents</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSF4D511B0-68D9-47be-9DBD-C7AE7ED70DECa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Apply table and cell styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS22B6456E-2B4F-4844-952B-23221F23E2F2a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Base one table or cell style on another</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSED7B465A-F40D-4a0e-A29B-1E38A35732A3a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Edit table and cell styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS5C637FE1-2752-4766-9413-DF6D6B49F79Fa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Delete table and cell styles</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSF7BB2544-4004-4254-829B-C9BA3A4973AFa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Redefine table or cell styles based on current formatting</h3>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS5DFA121D-3C96-4846-9281-3DD4BE992B5Ba"><h3 class="topictitle3">Override table and cell styles</h3>
</a></p><ul><li><p><a href="#WSAB061887-1694-4fef-BA91-45A04215DB8Ca"><h4 class="topictitle4">Preserve or remove overrides while applying a table style</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS16F7F42B-6CF0-43c3-B967-96C36006F7A4a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Remove overrides while applying a cell style</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSC7A484B4-9BBB-406a-854D-987E17DD88FAa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Clear attributes not defined by a cell style</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSBBF05B85-B396-4ce6-9ED4-E635F020EF5Aa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Clear table or cell overrides</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></li><li><p><a href="#WS473AC738-F2B6-42c7-8FCC-24E8243AA3CBa"><h3 class="topictitle3">Break the link to table or cell styles</h3>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><ul class="navlinklist"></ul>
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<div id="WS4F05BF86-218B-4450-8737-5906F312CE53a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS4F05BF86-218B-4450-8737-5906F312CE53a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">About table and cell styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>Just
as you use text styles to format text, you can use table and cell
styles to format tables. A <dfn class="term">table style</dfn> is a collection
of table formatting attributes, such as table borders and row and
column strokes, that can be applied in a single step. A <dfn class="term">cell
style</dfn> includes formatting such as cell insets, paragraph
styles, and strokes and fills. When you edit a style, all tables
or cells to which the style is applied are updated automatically.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>There
is one important difference between text styles and table styles.
While all character styles attributes can be part of a paragraph
style, cell style attributes are not part of the table style. For
example, you cannot use a table style to change the border color
of interior cells. Instead, create a cell style and include it in
the table style.</div>
</div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">[Basic Table] and [None] styles</h4><p>By default,
each new document contains a [Basic Table] style that can be applied to
tables you create and a [None] style that can be used to remove
cell styles applied to cells. You can edit the [Basic Table] style,
but you can’t rename or delete either [Basic Table] or [None].</p>
</div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Using cell styles in table styles</h4><p>When
you create a table style, you can specify which cell styles are
applied to different regions of the table: header and footer rows,
left and right columns, and body rows. For example, for the header
row, you can assign a cell style that applies a paragraph style,
and for the left and right columns, you can assign different cell
styles that apply shaded backgrounds. </p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="se_cellstyle" src="images/se_cellstyle.png" /><div class="figdesc">Cell styles applied to regions in table style</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Header row formatted with cell style that includes
paragraph style</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Left column</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Body cells</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Right
column</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Cell style attributes</h4><p>Cell styles do not
necessarily include all the formatting attributes of a selected cell.
When you create a cell style, you can determine which attributes
are included. That way, applying the cell style changes only the
desired attributes, such as cell fill color, and ignores all other
cell attributes.</p>
</div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Formatting precedence in styles</h4><p>If a conflict
occurs in formatting applied to a table cell, the following order
of precedence determines which formatting is used: </p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Cell style precedence</dt>
<dd>1. Header/Footer 2. Left column/Right column 3. Body rows.
For example, if a cell appears in both the header and the left column,
the formatting from the header cell style is used.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Table style precedence</dt>
<dd>1. Cell overrides 2. Cell style 3. Cell styles applied from a
table style 4. Table overrides 5. Table styles. For example, if
you apply one fill using the Cell Options dialog box and another
fill using the cell style, the fill from the Cell Options dialog
box is used. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div>
<div class="section"><p>For a video on using table styles, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0084" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0084</a>.</p>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WS0F0BAF3D-86EC-4948-81E2-430351A1BB84a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS0F0BAF3D-86EC-4948-81E2-430351A1BB84a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Table/Cell Styles panels overview</h2><div><p>Use the Table Styles panel to create
and name table styles, and to apply the styles to existing tables
or tables you create or import. Use the Cell Styles panel to create
and name cell styles, and to apply the styles to table cells. Styles
are saved with a document and appear in the panel each time you
open that document. You can save table and cell styles in groups
for easier management.</p>
<p>When you position the insertion point in a cell or table, any
style that is applied is highlighted in either of the panels. The
name of any cell style that is applied through a table style appears
in the lower left corner of the Cell Styles area. If you select
a range of cells that contains multiple styles, no style is highlighted
and the Cell Styles panel displays “(Mixed).”</p>
</div><div id="WSB7C29E74-7074-4d2c-9D87-891CA6FCD32Ca" class="nochunk"><a name="WSB7C29E74-7074-4d2c-9D87-891CA6FCD32Ca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Open the Table Styles or Cell Styles panel</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Choose Window&#160;&gt; Type &amp;
Tables, and choose Table Styles or Cell Styles.</span></div>
</div></div><div id="WS3D881A6C-86DB-4161-ACE1-EC7799F0A35Da" class="nochunk"><a name="WS3D881A6C-86DB-4161-ACE1-EC7799F0A35Da"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change how styles are listed in the panel</h3><div><ul><li><span>Select Small Panel Rows to
display a condensed version of the styles.</span></li>
<li><span>Drag the style to a different position. You can also
drag styles to groups that you create.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Sort By Name from the panel menu to list the styles
alphabetically.</span></li>
</ul>
</div></div></div>
<div id="WSB6F55310-B838-4179-BF7A-2112A56C399Fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSB6F55310-B838-4179-BF7A-2112A56C399Fa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Define table and cell styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>For
a video on using table styles, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0084" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0084</a>.</p>
</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>If you want to base a new style
on the formatting of an existing table or cell, place the insertion
point in&#160;a cell.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If desired, define a paragraph style for the cell style.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose New Table Style from the Table Styles panel menu,
or choose New Cell Style from the Cell Styles panel menu.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For Style Name, type a name.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For Based On, select which style the current style is
based on.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>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&#160;OS), and press a number on the
numeric keypad. You cannot use letters or non-keypad numbers for
defining style shortcuts.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>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.</span> <p>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&#160;OS.</p>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you want the new style to appear in a style group
you’ve created, drag it to the style group folder.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSAF87A332-E249-4345-953D-96C288017482a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSAF87A332-E249-4345-953D-96C288017482a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Load (import) table styles from other documents</h2><div><div class="section"><p>You
can import table and cell styles from another InDesign document
into the active document. During import, you can determine which
styles are loaded and what should occur if a loaded style has the
same name as a style in the current document. You can also import
styles from an InCopy document.</p>
</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>From the menu of the Cell Styles or Table Styles
panel, choose Load Cell Styles, Load Table Styles, or Load Table
And Cell Styles.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Double-click the InDesign document containing the styles
you want to import.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Load Styles dialog box, make sure that a check
mark appears next to the styles you want to import. If any existing
style has the same name as one of the imported styles, choose one
of the following options under Conflict With Existing Style, and
then click&#160;OK:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Use Incoming Style Definition</dt>
<dd>Overwrites the existing style with the loaded style and
applies its new attributes to all cells in the current document
that used the old style. The definitions of the incoming and existing
styles appear at the bottom of the Load Styles dialog box so you
can compare them.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Auto-Rename</dt>
<dd>Renames the loaded style. For example, if both documents
have a style named “Table Style 1,” the loaded style is renamed
“Table Style 1 copy” in the current document.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSF4D511B0-68D9-47be-9DBD-C7AE7ED70DECa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSF4D511B0-68D9-47be-9DBD-C7AE7ED70DECa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Apply table and cell styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>Unlike paragraph and character styles,
table and cell styles do not share attributes, so applying a table
style does not override cell formatting, and applying a cell style
does not override table formatting. By default, applying a cell style
removes formatting applied by any previous cell style, but does
not remove local cell formatting. Similarly, applying a table style
removes formatting applied by any previous table style, but does
not remove overrides made using the Table Options dialog box.</p>
<p>In
the Styles panel, a plus sign&#160;(+) appears next to the current
cell or table style if the selected cell or table has additional
formatting that isn’t part of the applied style. Such additional
formatting is called an <dfn class="term">override</dfn>.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Position the insertion point in a table, or select
the cells to which you want to apply the style.</span></li>
<li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Click the table or cell style in the Table
Styles or Cell Styles panel. If the style is in a style group, expand
the style group to locate the style.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Press the shortcut you defined for the style. (Make
sure that Num Lock is on.)</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS22B6456E-2B4F-4844-952B-23221F23E2F2a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS22B6456E-2B4F-4844-952B-23221F23E2F2a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Base one table or cell style on another</h2><div><div class="section"><p>You can create links between similar table
or cell styles by creating a base, or <dfn class="term">parent</dfn>, style.
When you edit the parent style, any changed attribute that appears in
the <dfn class="term">child</dfn> styles will change as well. By default, table
styles are based on [No Table Style], and cell styles are based
on [None].</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Create a new style. </span></li>
<li><span>In the New Table Style or New Cell Style dialog box,
select the parent style in the Based On menu. The new style becomes
the child style.</span></li>
<li><span>Specify formatting for the new style to distinguish it
from the parent style. </span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSED7B465A-F40D-4a0e-A29B-1E38A35732A3a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSED7B465A-F40D-4a0e-A29B-1E38A35732A3a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Edit table and cell styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>One of the advantages of using styles
is that when you change the definition of a style, all of the tables
or cells formatted with that style change to match the new style
definition.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>If you don’t want the style to be applied
to a selected table or cell, right-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Mac&#160;OS) the style in the Styles panel, and choose Edit <var class="varname">[style name]</var>.</p>
</li>
<li><p>In the Styles panel, double-click the style, or
select the style and choose Style Options from the Styles panel
menu. Note that this method applies the cell style to any selected
cell or the table style to any selected table. If no table is selected,
double-clicking a table style sets it as the default style for any
table you create.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>Adjust settings in the dialog box, and then click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS5C637FE1-2752-4766-9413-DF6D6B49F79Fa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS5C637FE1-2752-4766-9413-DF6D6B49F79Fa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Delete table and cell styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>When you delete a style, you can
select a different style to replace&#160;it, and you can choose
whether to preserve the formatting. </p>
</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the style in the Styles panel.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Choose Delete Style from the panel menu.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Click the Delete icon&#160;<img src="images/P_Delete_Wi_N.png" /> at
the bottom of the panel, or drag the style to the Delete icon.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac&#160;OS)
the style, and then choose Delete Style. This method is especially
useful for deleting a style without applying it to the selected
cell or table.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the style to replace&#160;it.</span> <p>If you select [No Table Style] to replace a table style
or [None] to replace a cell style, select Preserve Formatting to
keep the formatting of the table or cell to which the style is applied.
The table or cell preserves its formatting but is no longer associated
with a style.</p>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSF7BB2544-4004-4254-829B-C9BA3A4973AFa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSF7BB2544-4004-4254-829B-C9BA3A4973AFa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Redefine table or cell styles based on current formatting</h2><div><div class="section"><p>After you apply a style, you can
override any of its settings. If you decide you like the changes,
you can redefine the style to retain the new formatting.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Place the insertion point in the table or cell
that is formatted with the style you want to redefine.</span></li>
<li><span>Make changes to the table or cell as necessary.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Redefine Style from the Styles panel menu.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>For cell styles, changes to only those attributes
that are part of the cell style will enable the Redefine Style command.
For example, if the cell style includes a red fill and you override
a cell to use a blue fill, you can redefine the style based on that
cell. But if you change an attribute that is ignored in the cell
style, you can’t redefine the style with that attribute.</div>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WS5DFA121D-3C96-4846-9281-3DD4BE992B5Ba" class="nochunk"><a name="WS5DFA121D-3C96-4846-9281-3DD4BE992B5Ba"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Override table and cell styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>After you apply a table or cell style,
you can override any of its settings. To override a table style,
you can change options in the Table Options dialog box. To override
a cell, you can change options in the Cell Options dialog box or
use other panels to change the stroke or fill. If you select a table
or cell that has an override, a plus sign&#160;(+) appears next
to the style in the Styles panel.</p>
<p>You can clear table and
cell overrides when you apply a style. You can also clear overrides
from a table or cell to which a style has already been applied.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />If a style has a plus sign&#160;(+) next to
it, hover over the style to view a description of the override attributes.</div></div>
</div><div id="WSAB061887-1694-4fef-BA91-45A04215DB8Ca" class="nochunk"><a name="WSAB061887-1694-4fef-BA91-45A04215DB8Ca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Preserve or remove overrides while applying a table style</h3><div><ul><li><span>To apply a table style and
preserve cell styles but remove overrides, hold down Alt (Windows)
or Option (Mac&#160;OS) as you click the style in the Table
Styles panel.</span></li>
<li><span>To apply a table style and remove both cell styles and
overrides, hold down Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift (Mac&#160;OS)
as you click the style in the Table Styles panel.</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="section"><div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />Right-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Mac&#160;OS) the style in the Table Styles panel, and then
choose Apply [table style], Clear Cell Styles to apply a style and
clear cell styles.</div></div>
</div>
</div></div><div id="WS16F7F42B-6CF0-43c3-B967-96C36006F7A4a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS16F7F42B-6CF0-43c3-B967-96C36006F7A4a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Remove overrides while applying a cell style</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;To apply a cell style and remove overrides,
hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac&#160;OS) as you click
the name of the style in the Cell Styles panel.</span> <div class="para"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Only those attributes that are part of the cell style
are considered overrides. For example, if the cell style includes
a red fill and all other attributes are ignored, changing a different
cell option is not considered an override. </div>
</div>
</div>
</div></div><div id="WSC7A484B4-9BBB-406a-854D-987E17DD88FAa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSC7A484B4-9BBB-406a-854D-987E17DD88FAa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Clear attributes not defined by a cell style</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Choose Clear Attributes Not Defined
By Style from the Cell Styles panel menu.</span></div>
</div></div><div id="WSBBF05B85-B396-4ce6-9ED4-E635F020EF5Aa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSBBF05B85-B396-4ce6-9ED4-E635F020EF5Aa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Clear table or cell overrides</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select the table or cells containing
the overrides. </span></li>
<li><span>In the Styles panel, click the Clear Overrides In Selection
icon&#160;<img src="images/clear_ovrd_selection.png" />, or
choose Clear Overrides from the Styles panel menu.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div></div>
<div id="WS473AC738-F2B6-42c7-8FCC-24E8243AA3CBa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS473AC738-F2B6-42c7-8FCC-24E8243AA3CBa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Break the link to table or cell styles</h2><div><div class="section"><p>When you break the link between tables
or cells and the style applied to them, the tables or cells retain
their current formatting. However, future changes to that style
won’t affect them. </p>
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<ol><li><span>Select the cells to which the style has been applied.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Break Link To Style from the Styles panel menu.</span></li>
</ol>
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