2021

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
Easy access to table formatting features directly from the
measurements palette
Measurements palette to offer local formatting on Home tab •
Contextual to selection — cell, rows, columns or combination for •
formatting a selection
Set border and fill for selected cells •
Dedicated control in the measurements palette to set Grid / Frame properties. •
Dedicated Table and Cell Tabs in the measurements palette, even when you are
working on the cell’s content. New User interface/experience for Table Styles.
New Features
Simplified Table Properties (Table Creation) dialog with new options to add Table •
Header/Footer
Support for cell level grid formatting •
Consolidation of Inline and Design (legacy) tables •
Access to a wider range of table properties through the measurements palette •
Support for Table Header and Footer (previously, selecting header rows was •
supported only when the table breaks across the pages). Now header and footer
rows can be defined for stand-alone tables as well, without applying Table Break
properties.
Table Styles to support - •
Easy to use, flexible and comprehensive formatting rules •
An intuitive user interface to set table and column/row/cell level bordering •
Set the percentage of column width that an anchored table will occupy •
Line drawing order for table borders •
The new set of formatting rules when compared with legacy table styles •
Rules specific to Column, Row and Cell level formatting •
Table Style Presets •
Presets for table border and shading styles •
Duplicate presets to create your own table styles •
Support for Text and Picture formatting in cells •
Support for Multiple Insets for text in addition to Paragraph Styles •
Picture formatting to support new fitting rules in addition to other picture •
content transforms, scaling, etc.
Import Excel tables using new Tables Styles (not supported before for legacy •
table model). For information, see Importing Excel tables
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