Master pages+table tool

[weiter]

I hope somebody can help me out! I made a calendar in affinity publisher. At the master page , I created with the table tool two lines for the days ( mon, tue etc)  and the day numbers ( 1,2,3 etc). Days and numbers are added on the page itself. I choose the table tool to make sure that everything is positioned correctly. On the master page I added the font I wanted to use, color  size ( with styles) . What I don't get is that the page is not using the style. I did several test by for example changing te color on the master page, I applied the master to the page, but the changes are not used on the pages. Does it has something to do with using the table tool? I there a better way to do it? I also wanted an easy way to change the days next year without having to write everything again. Your tips will be greatly appreciated!

[GarryP]

A number of users have shared calendar templates, including using Data Merge for different years, in the Resources section of the forums.
Have you looked at those templates to see how they work?

As for the problem with tables, as I understand it, the Paragraph Styles applied to a table on a master page are ‘set’ on the normal page when you start to enter values in the cells on the normal page and they can’t be changed in the normal pages by applying a different Paragraph Style to the cells of the table in the master page. If this is correct, I don’t know if it’s expected behaviour or not.

Also, re-applying the master page to a normal page can often disconnect the table from the master on that page, so you can’t do it that way either.

However, you can apply a different Paragraph Style to the cells of each table on the normal pages – not as quick as a one-time fix but doable if you only have twelve months to do.