mnh Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Hi All, New to affinity range. In PagePlus, I could add a table and apply themes/styles, e.g. medium green on column title, then light green1 for line 1, light green 2 for line 2, and colours for line even and odd line numbers alternate automatically. How is this done in Publisher? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 View > Studio > Table Formats It takes a while to figure out all the options but it's quite powerful once you do You may want to start by setting up the table how you want it then using the option... "Add Format from Selection" ...to see how Table Formats works Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnh Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 Thanks Carl123, I think I have to learn more and plan for more time for basic things - OK to be fair, PagePlus is 8th generation, and Affinity Publisher is version 1. This is kind of what I am after - found it in Help file of Publisher -> help | Creating custom tables. I know full control is good, but some wizards, styles out-of-the-box, and publisher file templates (like page layout, frames, etc. - we could buy some affordable content in the past for PagePlus) would help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I'm also learning the table styling. The help docs are actually quite decent for explaining how this works, however the second line reads 'Affinity Publisher comes with an impressive selection of pre-defined table formats'. Well I've got one! is there somewhere to find more?! I've done a quick scout around the program folders and can't find anything, so I'm thinking the impressive selection may actually just be one! Not to worry, it's fairly painless to create more! The key thing is realising that within the edit table format panel, the cell formats in the centre column are applied to the table diagram on the top left, and that you can adjust the arrows in that diagram to select fixed areas on the edges, everything else gets repeated. Then the right hand column of the dialogue is everything to do with the currently selected cell format. Not sure how all this compares to other software as I don't normally use page layout software in my daily duties - just had to get publisher to complete the set really and experience the magic link between packages which is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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