Base one table or cell style on another, Edit table and cell styles, Delete table and cell styles – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Click the table or cell style in the Table Styles or Cell Styles panel (chose Window > Styles >Table Styles or Cell Styles). If the style is in
a style group, expand the style group to locate the style.
Press the shortcut you defined for the style. (Make sure that Num Lock is on.)
Base one table or cell style on another
You can create links between similar table or cell styles by creating a base, or parent, style. When you edit the parent style, any changed attribute
that appears in the child styles will change as well. By default, table styles are based on [No Table Style], and cell styles are based on [None].
1. Create a new style.
2. In the New Table Style or New Cell Style dialog box, select the parent style in the Based On menu. The new style becomes the child style.
3. Specify formatting for the new style to distinguish it from the parent style.
Edit table and cell styles
One of the advantages of using styles is that when you change the definition of a style, all of the tables or cells formatted with that style change to
match the new style definition.
1. Do one of the following:
If you don’t want the style to be applied to a selected table or cell, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the style in the Styles
panel, and choose Edit [style name].
In the Styles panel, double-click the style, or select the style and choose Style Options from the Styles panel menu. Note that this
method applies the cell style to any selected cell or the table style to any selected table. If no table is selected, double-clicking a table
style sets it as the default style for any table you create.
2. Adjust settings in the dialog box, and then click OK.
Delete table and cell styles
When you delete a style, you can select a different style to replace it, and you can choose whether to preserve the formatting.
1. Select the style in the Styles panel.
2. Do one of the following:
Choose Delete Style from the panel menu.
Click the Delete icon at the bottom of the panel, or drag the style to the Delete icon.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the style, and then choose Delete Style. This method is especially useful for deleting a
style without applying it to the selected cell or table.
3. Select the style to replace it.
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