Use table styles

The easiest way to change the appearance of a table is to apply a different table style to it. You can apply a different style to a table at any time.

1. Click anywhere in the table.

2. Click the Table tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

   If you don’t see a sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Table tab, click in the toolbar.

3. Select a different style from the options at the top of the sidebar.

   Click the arrows on the left and right to see more styles.

If you made changes to your table’s appearance before applying a different table style, the new table style retains those changes. To override those changes when you apply a new style, Control-click the new table style, then choose “Clear Overrides and Apply Style.”

If you made changes to a table’s appearance—for example, changing the border of table cells—you can revert the changes back to the original table style.

1. Click anywhere in the table.

2. Click the Table tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

   If you don’t see a sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Table tab, click in the toolbar.

3. Control-click the table style you want to reapply and choose Clear Overrides and Apply Style.

1. Select the table with the formatting you want to save.

2. Click the Table tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

   If you don’t see a sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Table tab, click in the toolbar.

3. Click the arrow on the right of the table styles to navigate to the last group of styles.

4. Click to add your style.

The new table style is added to the last group of styles. You can organize these styles however you like, and replace them.

You can rearrange styles in the sidebar to move the ones that you use most often to the front.

1. Press the style you want to move until the style flashes.

2. Drag the style to a new location.

   To move a style from one group to another, drag it over a navigation arrow to move to the next group, then drag it to where you want it.

• Control-click the style, then choose Delete Style.

To quickly change the appearance of tables that use the same style, you can redefine the style.

1. Select one of the tables that uses the style you want to update, then modify its appearance so it looks the way you want.

2. Select the table you just modified (if you deselected it).

3. Click the Table tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

4. At the top of the sidebar, Control-click the style, then choose Redefine Style from Selection.

5. Choose one of the following:

   • Update all objects that use current style: Changes the appearance of all tables that currently use this style.

   • Don’t update objects, and disconnect them from the style: Changes only the selected table. The style for the tables that aren’t updated are removed from the Style tab because the style was replaced.

6. Click OK.

   The style is updated in the sidebar, and all tables that use the style are updated.