Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
You control the appearance of tables — both the text and the gridlines — with
table
styles
(just as you control the appearance of standalone text with text styles). Use the
TABLESTYLE command to create and modify table styles. Follow these steps to create a
table:
1. On the Home tab, click the Annotation panel's label to open its slideout
and then choose Table Style.
The Table Style dialog box appears.
2. In the Styles list, select the existing table style whose settings you want to use as
the starting point for the settings of your new style.
For example, select the default table style named Standard.
3. Click the New button to create a new table style that's a copy of the existing
style.
The Create New Table Style dialog box appears.
4. Enter a New Style Name and click Continue.
The New Table Style dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 13-8.
Figure 13-8:
Setting the table.
5. In the Cell Styles area, with Data showing in the list box, specify settings for the
data alignment, margins, text, and borders.
The settings you're likely to want to change are Text Style, Text Height, and perhaps
either Text Color (all three are on the Text tab) or Grid Color (on the Borders tab).
If you leave colors set to ByBlock, the text and grid lines will inherit the color that's
current when you create the table. That color will be the current layer's color, if you
follow my advice in Chapter 6.
