Enhancing the Appearance of Tables
You can apply color, use images, and use other formatting techniques to enhance the
visual appeal of your tables.
Here are ways to enhance a table’s appearance:
You can fill the background of an entire table or individual cells with different kinds of
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color effects or with an image. See “Filling Objects with Colors or Images” on page 225
for instructions.
You can change the thickness and color of borders around a table and its cells, as
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“Formatting Table Cell Borders” on page 87 describes.
You can adjust the attributes of text in table cells, including header and footer cells.
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See “Formatting Text Size and Appearance” on page 165 and “Setting Text Alignment,
Spacing, and Color” on page 172 for details.
When you’ve created a visual effect that you want to reuse, you can copy and paste it;
select the table or cells whose effects you want to reuse, choose Format > Copy Style,
select the table or cells you want to format, and then choose Format > Paste Style. You
can also use table styles to replicate formatting you’ve applied to a table, as “Using
Table Styles” on page 114 describes.