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Give your tables a designer’s touch with table styles. Choose from a selection of color schemes, apply alternate row colors, add a heading row, or format a total row.Note: current Microsoft 365 apps use Table Design and Table Layout tabs rather than Table Tools Design or Table Tools Layout.Â
Apply a table style to an existing table
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Select any cell in the table.
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Select the Table Design tab.Â
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In the Table Styles gallery, select the table style you want to apply.
Note: To remove a table style, on the Table Design tab, select
Change the table style options
To change the design of the table, do one or more of the following:
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To add special formatting to the first row in a table, on the Table Design tab, select Header Row.
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To add special formatting to the last row in a table, on the Table Design tab, select Total Row.
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To alternate row or column colors and make tables easier to read, on the Table Design tab, select Banded Rows or Banded Columns.​​​​​​​
Change the table style options in new Outlook
To change the design of the table, do one or more of the following:
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To add special formatting to the first row in a table, on the Table tab, select Table Options and choose Header Row.
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To add special formatting to the first column in a table, on the Table tab, select Table Options and choose First column.
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To alternate row or column colors and make tables easier to read, on the Table tab, select Table Options and choose Banded Rows or Banded Columns.​​​​​​​
Repeat a table heading on subsequent pages in Word or classic Outlook
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Select the heading row or rows that you want to repeat on each page.
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On the Table Layout tab, select Repeat Header Rows.
