You can customize a format to fit your specific needs. Almost all aspects of a table can be customized, from the background color to the border styles.

Activate (double-click) the Marital Status table.

From the menus choose:

Format
TableLooks

Select the style that is closest to your desired format and click Edit Look.

Click the Cell Formats tab to view the formatting options.

The Cell Formats dialog contains options to change font size, color, and font, as well as alignment, shading, background color, and margin sizes.

The preview window provides a visual representation of how the formatting changes affect your table. Each area of the table can have different formatting styles. For example, you probably wouldn't want the title to have the same style as the data. To select a table area to edit, you can either choose the area by name in the Area list, or click the appropriate area in the preview window.

Select Title from the Area list.

Select a new color from the Background list.

The preview to the right is updated to show your new style.

Click OK to return to the TableLooks dialog box.

You can save your new style, which allows you to easily apply it to future tables.

Click Save As.

Navigate to the desired target directory and enter a name for your new style in the File Name field.

Click Save.

Click OK to apply the formatting changes to your table and return to the viewer.

The table now contains the custom formatting you specified.