Create a new table style

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To create a new table style specifically for door schedules,

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click new

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to open the create new table style dialogue.

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In the new style name field type

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door schedule,

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the new style must initially be based on an existing style.

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Since the standard style is the only existing style.

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Simply click, continue

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to open the new table style dialogue.

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The dialogue title bar also shows the name of the new table style.

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In the general group box, expand the table direction drop down

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here. You can choose whether the table reads from the top down or from the bottom up.

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Leave the set to down

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the tools on the right side of the dialogue enable you to control the cell styles.

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When you expand the cell styles drop down,

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you can see that the table style currently has three cell styles.

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One for data rows, one for the header row

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and one for the title row.

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You can also create new cell styles

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and apply those to different cells in the table,

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leave the cell style set to data.

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So that the first changes you make to the new table style apply to the data rows.

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This group box also contains three tabs,

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general

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text and borders.

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When you switch tabs,

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you see a different set of controls,

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the changes you make on these tabs apply to the cell style selected in the drop down

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tools on the general tab,

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let you control the general appearance of the cells such as the fill color

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alignment

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format

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and the type of information within the cells.

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You can also control the margins between the cell contents

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and the cell borders

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to keep the information in the data cells aligned on the left side of each cell,

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expand the alignment drop down

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and choose middle left

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in the type drop down. You can specify the cell style as either a label or data.

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Leave the set to data.

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Switch to the text tab.

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Here you can control the appearance of the text within the cells such as the textile,

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text, height, text, color and text angle.

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You can expand the textile drop down

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to select from a list of existing textiles

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or click the adjacent button

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to create a new textile on the fly.

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Change the text height

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to 1/8 inch,

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leave the other settings unchanged

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on the borders tab.

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You can control the appearance of the table borders

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including their line weight line type and color.

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You can then apply the selected properties

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to specific border lines using the various border buttons

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for this exercise, leave these settings unchanged.

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Expand the cell styles drop down and select header

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so that you can adjust the settings for the header row

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on the general tab. Leave the alignment set to middle center,

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leave the type set to data

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because the header labels are actually coming from the data extraction

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on the text tab,

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leave the text height set to 3/16 of an inch.

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Expand the cell styles drop down and select title

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on the general tab,

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expand the fill color, drop down,

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choose select color to open the select color dialogue.

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Choose the light gray index color 254

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and then click OK.

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In the preview panel,

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you can see that this will add a light gray background to the schedule title.

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Leave the other values on this tab unchanged

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on the text tab

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change the text height

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to one half inch

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again as you make these changes, the adjacent preview panel updates,

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once you are satisfied with the new table style settings,

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click OK to close the new table style dialogue,

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the new table style is added to the list and becomes the current table style.

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Click close

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to close the table style dialogue

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on the annotate ribbon

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in the tables panel,

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the door schedule style now appears in the table style drop down.

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You can use that table style. When you create a new table,

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you can also assign that table style to the existing table,

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select the table,

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then expand the table style drop down

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and select the door schedule table style.

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The table immediately updates