ClickFormat
menu Table
Style.At the Command prompt, enter
tablestyle.
Select the table style that contains the cell style you want to
modify, or click New to create a new table style.
In the Table Style dialog box, in the Cell Styles drop-down
list, select a cell style to modify, or create a new cell style by
clicking the button to the right of the drop-down list.
On the General tab, select or clear the following options for
the current cell style:
Fill Color. Specifies the fill color.
Select None or a background color, or click Select Color to display
the Select
Color dialog box.
Alignment. Specifies an alignment for
cell contents. Center refers to horizontal alignment; Middle refers
to vertical alignment.
Format. Set the data type and
formatting for rows in a table. Click the [...] button to display
the Table
Cell Format dialog box, where you can further
define formatting options.
Type. Specifies the cell style as
either a label or data, which is used when inserting default text
in a table style containing a starting table. Also used when
creating a table tool on the tool palette.
Margins - Horizontal. Sets the distance
between the text or block in the cell and the left and right cell
borders.
Margins - 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.
On the Text tab, select or clear the following options for the
current cell style:
Text Style. Specifies the text style.
Select a text style, or click the [...] button to open the Text
Style dialog box and create a new text style.
Text Height. Specifies the text height.
Enter a height for the text. This option is available only when the
selected text style has a text height of 0. (The default text
style, STANDARD, has a 0 text height.) If the selected text style
specifies a fixed text height, this option is unavailable.
Text Color. Specifies the text color.
Select a color, or click Select Color 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.
Use the Borders tab to control the appearance of the table
gridlines for the current cell style. Specify the following
options:
Lineweight. Sets the lineweight to use
for borders that are displayed. If you use a heavy lineweight, you
may have to change the cell margins so that the text can be
seen.
Linetype. Sets the linetype to apply to
the borders you specify by clicking a border button. Standard
linetypes of ByBlock, ByLayer, and Continuous are displayed, or you
can choose Other to load a custom linetype.
Color. Specifies a color to use for
borders that are displayed. Click Select Color to display the
Select
Color dialog box.
Double Line. Specifies that the
selected borders will have a double linetype. Change the spacing
between the lines by entering a value in the Spacing box.
Border display buttons. Applies the
selected border options. Click a button to apply the selected
border options to all borders of the cell, the outside border, the
inside borders, the bottom border, the left border, the top border,
the right border, or no borders. The preview in the dialog box
updates to show the effect.
Table
StyleAt the Command prompt, enter
tablestyle.
Toolbar: Styles
