Use table styles in Pages on Mac

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document with a table, click the table, then in the Format  sidebar, click the Table tab.

3. Select a different style from the options at the top of the sidebar.

   Click the arrows on the left and right if there are more available styles.

If you made changes to your table’s look before applying a different table style, the table retains those changes after you apply the new style. To override those changes when you apply a new style, Control-click the new table style, then choose Clear Overrides and Apply Style.

If you made changes to a table’s look—for example by changing the border of table cells—you can revert the changes by reapplying the original table style.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document with a table, click the table, then in the Format  sidebar, click the Table tab.

3. Control-click the table style you want to reapply and choose Clear Overrides and Apply Style.

If you made changes to a table’s look and want to save these changes, you can create a new table style that you can use again later. You can’t add new table styles in a document shared with others.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document with a table, then click the table with the formatting you want to save as a new style.

3. In the Format  sidebar, click the Table tab.

4. Click the arrow to the right of the table styles to navigate to the last group of styles, then click to add your style.

The new table style is added to the last group of styles in the sidebar. You can drag styles to organize them however you like.

You can create a table style that matches the colors of a particular image. This can be helpful when you want to make a visual connection between the data in the table and the subject of the image.

The new style has a table title, a header row and column, and a footer row—all of which match colors from the image. When you apply the new style to a selected table, it imparts the colors to these features in the table (if the table has them).

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document, then click any table in your document, or click  in the toolbar to add a table.

3. In the Format  sidebar, click the Table tab.

4. Navigate to an image anywhere on your computer.

   To browse your photos, click in the toolbar.

5. Drag the image to the table styles in the sidebar.

   

   Alternatively, you can Control-click a table style in the sidebar, choose Create Style from Image from the shortcut menu, then browse for an image.

   

   A new table style with colors from the image is added to the table styles at the top of the sidebar; it doesn’t replace the style you Control-clicked to open the pop-up menu.

6. To apply the new style to the selected table, click the style in the sidebar—it isn’t applied automatically when you create it.

To quickly change the look of tables that use the same style, you can redefine the style.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document, then select a table that uses the style you want to update, then make your changes.

3. Select the table you just modified (if it’s no longer selected).

4. In the Format  sidebar, click the Table tab.

5. At the top of the sidebar, Control-click the style you want to redefine, then choose Redefine Style from Selection.

6. Choose one of the following:

   • Update all objects that use current style: Changes the look of all tables that currently use this style.

   • Don’t update objects, and disconnect them from the style: Changes only the selected table. The style for the tables that aren’t updated are removed from the Style tab because the style was replaced.

7. Click OK.

   The style is updated in the sidebar, and all tables that use the style are updated.

You can rearrange the table styles in the sidebar for easier access to the ones that you use most often.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document, then click any table in your document.

3. In the Format  sidebar, click the Table tab.

4. Click and hold the style you want to move, then drag the style to a new location.

   If you have multiple style panes and want to move a style from one pane to another, drag it over the left arrow or right arrow to open the other pane.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document, click any table, then in the Format  sidebar, click the Table tab.

3. Control-click the style you want to delete, then choose Delete Style.