This page provides an example to make user defined styles persist for columns. For this example, let's consider the Monthly Temperatures Table, for which you want to set background colors and borders of various columns, and auto-number all the rows.
Select this macro
| Macro name | Table Plus |
| Macro syntax (Old editor) | {table-plus} |
| Macro syntax (New editor - case insensitive) | /Table Plus |
Define these parameters/values
| Auto number on each row | On |
Column styles (Comma separated styles) | border:5px solid #c1c7d0;background:lightgrey;padding:15px, background:lightgreen;color:red;font-size: 160%, background:lightyellow;border: 3px dotted green, 2 |
| Apply Column styles to data column cells | On |
Parameters set in the macro editor
Example result
When the Apply Column styles to data column cells is off, certain styles like the padding and the text color are not applied as shown:
When the Apply Column styles to data column cells is toggled on, the table is displayed with all the specified styles as shown:
