Apple Numbers '08 - Manual (Page 80)

80 Chapter 4 Working with Table Styles
Applying Table Styles
After applying a table style to a table, you can change any of the formatting defined by
the style. Such a change is called an override. If you later assign a different style to the
table, you can keep or remove any overrides you created.
Here are ways to apply a table style:
m To replace a table’s existing style and remove any overrides, click the arrow to the right
of the style you want to apply and then choose Clear and Apply Style.
You can also choose Format > Reapply Table Style.
m To replace a table’s existing style but keep any overrides, select the table and then click
the name of a style in the Styles pane at the left of the window. You can also select a
table, click the arrow to the right of the style you want to apply, and then choose Apply
Style.
You can also drag a style name from the Styles pane to a table. The table doesn’t need
to be selected in this case.
m To replace the style of all tables in a sheet but keep any overrides, drag a style name
from the Styles pane to a sheet icon in the Sheets pane.
Modifying a Table’s Style
Most of the time you change the appearance of a table by applying a different table
style. You can also redefine attributes of the style assigned to the table or use a copy/
paste style operation to modify a table’s style.
Modifying Table Style Attributes
You can change a table’s appearance by modifying the attributes of the table’s style.
Here are ways to modify table style attributes:
m To change the background color of a table, header cells, or body cells, select the table
or cells and click the Fill well in the Format Bar.
You can use the Cell Background controls in the Table Inspector to make more
extensive changes to the selection. “Filling an Object with an Image” on page 162 and
“Filling an Object with Color” on page 160 provide instructions for these controls.
To change the opacity of the background, use the Opacity controls in the Graphic
Inspector. See “Adjusting Opacity” on page 158 for instructions.
m To change the stroke and color of table cell borders, follow the instructions in
“Formatting Table Cell Borders” on page 75.