Table Styles

Table styles are responsible for the rapid formatting that can be applied to a table. This rapid formatting takes different things into account, such as if the first row or last row should be emphasized, or if there is some type of banding present on the table. All of these different types of formatting can be defined within a table style. An example of different table styles in use on the same table can be seen in figure 1.

Figure 6: Different table styles in use.

The application of a table style to a table formats the table in its entirety. A number of complex types make up a table style. The pieces of a table style are discussed first, before the table style itself is defined.