Formatting tables using predefined styles

Adobe GoLive includes a variety of predefined table styles, which you can use to quickly format your table. You can preview the various styles in the Style tab of the Table palette, as well as set options to customize each style by changing which rows and columns contain styles to be repeated throughout the table. If you want to view how a predefined style appears when applied to your table, you can easily apply the style and remove it later if it doesn't meet your particular needs. In addition to using the predefined table styles included with Adobe GoLive, you can create your own table style, save it, and apply it to other tables on your Web pages, allowing you to create a consistent appearance throughout your Web site.

To apply a predefined style to a table:

1 Click the top or left edge of the table to select it.

2 Choose Window > Table.

3 In the Table palette, click the Style tab.

4 Choose a predefined style from the pop-up menu in the upper left corner of the Style tab.

A preview of the style appears in the Style tab. Blue brackets mark which rows and columns contain styles that are to be repeated throughout the table. For example, if a blue bracket marks the second and third rows, the style in the first row is only applied to the first row of the table, while the styles of the second and third rows are repeated for all other rows in the table.

To undo your table style selection in the Table palette, click the triangle in the upper right corner of the Table palette to display the Table palette menu, and choose Undo Select TableStyle. To reselect the table style, choose Redo Select TableStyle from the Table palette menu.

5 To change which rows or columns contain styles that are to be repeated throughout the table, resize the blue bracket so that it marks the desired rows or columns. To resize a blue bracket, drag either end of it. The resize area of the bracket is marked by blue lines at both ends of the bracket.

Note: Depending on the particular table style, you may not be able to change the rows or columns that contain styles to be repeated throughout the table. For example, if the style of all columns is the same and a blue bracket marks the second column, you won't be able to resize the bracket to modify the style.

6 Click Apply to apply the style to the table.

To remove a predefined style from a table:

1 Click the top or left edge of the table to select it.

2 Choose Window > Table.

3 In the Table palette, click the Style tab.

4 Click Clear to remove the predefined style from the table.

To add your own style to the Style tab of the Table palette:

1 Set up a table and customize its appearance, as described in Creating tables.

Note: When setting up your table to be used in creating your own table style, it makes a difference whether or not you enter values of 0 for Border, Cell Pad, or Cell Space in the Table Tab of the Table Inspector. If you enter values of 0 in these text boxes, then a table with this table style applied to it doesn't have a border, cell padding, or cell spacing. If you leave these text boxes empty, then a table with this table style applied to it maintains the border, cell padding, or cell spacing values that it had previously.

2 Click the top or left edge of the table to select it.

3 Choose Window > Table.

4 In the Table palette, click the Style tab.

5 Click New to create a new table style.

6 In the text box above the New button, enter a name for the new table style.

7 Click Capture to capture the style of the selected table in the document window and save it as the new table style.

8 To apply the new table style to another table, select the desired table in the document window, choose the new table style from the pop-up menu in the upper left corner of the Style tab, and click Apply.

To remove a style from the Style tab of the Table palette:

1 Choose Window > Table.

2 In the Table palette, click the Style tab.

3 Choose a predefined style from the pop-up menu in the upper left corner of the Style tab.

4 Click Delete to remove the style from the pop-up menu.

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