Defines a new table
style or modifies an existing table style.
Access Methods
Menu: Toolbar: Styles
Command entry: tablestyle
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Starting Table
Allows you to specify
a table in your drawing to use as an example for formatting this
table style. Once you select a table, you can specify the structure and
contents you want copied from that table to the table style.
With the Remove Table
icon, you can remove a table from the current specified table style.
General
- Table
Direction
-
Sets the direction of a table. Down creates
a table that reads from top to bottom. Up creates a table that reads
from bottom to top.
- Down: The title
row and the column heads row are at the top of the table. When you click
Insert Rows and click Below, the new row is inserted below the current
row.
- Up: The title
row and the column heads row are at the bottom of the table. When
you click Insert Rows and click Below, the new row is inserted above
the current row.
Preview
Displays an example of
the effect of the current table style settings.
Cell Styles
Defines a new cell style
or modifies an existing cell style. You can create any number of
cell styles.
- Cell Style Menu
-
Displays cell styles
already found within the table.
- Create Cell Styles Button
-
- Manage Cell Styles Button
-
Cell Style Tabs
Set the appearance of
the data cells, the cell text, and the cell borders.
General Tab
Properties
- Fill
Color
-
Specifies the background color of the cell.
The default is None.
You can choose Select Color to display the Select Color
dialog box.
- Alignment
-
Sets justification and alignment for the text
in the table cell. Text is middle-, top-, or bottom-aligned with
respect to the top and bottom borders of the cell. Text is center-justified,
left-justified, or right-justified with respect to the left and
right borders of the cell.
See Justify Multiline Text in the User's
Guide for an illustration of the nine options.
- Format
-
Sets data type and formatting
for the Data, Column Heading, or Title rows in a table. Clicking
this button displays the Table Cell
Format dialog box, where you can further
define formatting options.
- Type
-
Specifies the cell style
as either a label or data.
Margins
Controls the spacing
between the border of the cell and the cell content. The cell margin
settings apply to all cells in the table. The default setting is
0.06 (imperial) and 1.5 (metric).
- Horizontal
-
Sets the distance between the text or block
in the cell and the left and right cell borders.
- Vertical
-
Sets the distance between the text or block
in the cell and the top and bottom cell borders.
- Merge cells on row/column creation
-
Merges any new row or
column created with the current cell style into one cell. You can
use this option to create a title row at the top of your table.
Text Tab
- Text Style
-
Lists the available text
styles.
- Text Style Button
-
Displays the Text Style Dialog Box where
you can create or modify text styles. (DIMTXSTY system variable)
- Text Height
-
Sets the text height.
The default text height for data and column head cells is 0.1800.
The default text height for the table title is 0.25.
- Text Color
-
Specifies the color of
the text. Choose Select Color at the bottom of the list to display
the Select Color
dialog box.
- Text Angle
-
Sets the text angle.
The default text angle is 0 degrees. You can enter any angle between
-359 and +359 degrees.
Borders Tab
- Lineweight
-
Sets the lineweight to be applied to the borders
you specify by clicking a border button. If you use a heavy lineweight,
you may have to increase the cell margins.
- Linetype
-
Sets the linetype to
be applied to the borders you specify. Choose Other to load a custom
linetype.
- Color
-
Sets the color to be applied to the borders
you specify by clicking a border button. Choose Select Color to
display the Select Color
dialog box.
- Double Line
-
Displays table borders
as double lines.
- Spacing
-
Determines the spacing
for double line borders. The default spacing is 0.1800.
Border Buttons
Controls the appearance of the borders of the cells.
The border properties are lineweight and color of the gridlines.
- All
Borders
-
Applies the border properties settings to all
borders.
- Outside
Border
-
Applies the border properties settings to the
outside border.
- Inside
Border
-
Applies the border properties settings to the
inside border.
- Bottom
Border
-
Applies the border properties settings to the
bottom borders.
- Left Border
-
Applies the border properties
settings to the left borders.
- Top Border
-
Applies the border properties
settings to the top borders.
- Right Border
-
Applies the border properties
settings to the right borders.
- No
Border
-
Cell Style Preview
Displays an example of
the effect of the current table style settings.
Tables 
