Applying and creating table styles

A table style is a collection of line, fill, and border settings that determine the appearance of a table. You can format a table by using a preset style. For example, you can give a table a new look by applying a business or decorative style.

WordPerfect also lets you create a table style by using the formatting of a table from a document. When you save a table style, you can associate it with a specific template or with the active document only, or you can save it as a separate file. Saving a table style as a separate file is useful if you plan to use the table style with a different template or on a different computer.

You can also set a standard look for all tables in a document by defining a table style as the default setting. The line, fill, and border settings you create will be the default for other tables in this and other documents that use the same template.

You can rename, retrieve, and delete a table style that you have created and saved as a file; however, you cannot rename and delete the preset table styles provided with WordPerfect.


To format a table by using a preset style

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Select a table.
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Click Table WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles SpeedFormat.
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Choose a table style from the Available styles list box.
If you want to remove earlier formatting, such as fill type and color, enable the Clear current table format before applying check box.
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Click Apply.

To create a table style

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Create a table that contains at least three rows and three columns.
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Apply any text formatting, lines, borders, and fill that you want for the table style.
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Select the table, and click Table WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles SpeedFormat.
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Click Options WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles Setup.
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In the Table style settings dialog box, enable the Current document option.
If you want to save a table style to a specific template, enable one of the following options:
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Default template — associates the table style with the default template
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Additional objects template — associates the table style with an additional objects template
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Click OK.
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Click Create.
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In the Create table style dialog box, type a name for the new style.

To save a table style as a separate file

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Create a table that contains at least three rows and three columns.
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Apply any text formatting, lines, borders, and fill that you want for the table style.
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Select the table, and click Table WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles SpeedFormat.
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Click Options WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles Save as.
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Type a path and a filename in the Filename box.
If you want to browse to the folder where you want to save the file, click the Browse button to the right of the Filename box.

To set a standard look for tables

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Select a table, and click Table WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles Borders/fill.
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Click the Table tab.
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Click a border style on the Border palette.
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In the Table border area, click a color on the Color palette.
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Click a line style on the Line palette.
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In the Default cell lines area, click a line color on the Color palette.
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In the Fill area, click a fill style on the Pattern palette.
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In the Fill area, click a fill color on the Foreground or Background palettes.
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Click Default settings.

To rename a table style

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Select a table.
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Click Table WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles SpeedFormat.
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Choose a table style from the Available styles list box.
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Click Options WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles Rename.
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Type a new name in the Filename box.

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You cannot rename preset table styles.

To retrieve a table style

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Select a table.
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Click Table WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles SpeedFormat.
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Click Options WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles Retrieve.
If you have styles saved in different locations, click Options WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles Setup, and click the location of the styles you want to retrieve.
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Type a path and filename in the Filename box.

To delete a table style

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Select a table.
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Click Table WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles SpeedFormat.
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Choose a table style from the Available styles list box.
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Click Options WordPerfect Office onestep Applying and creating table styles Delete.

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You cannot delete preset table styles.

Applying and creating table styles