On the Styles tab, you can define how tables will be formatted in your exports.
Apply table styles
In the Tables section of the template editor panel, you can define the default styling for the tables in your Confluence pages.
When you export Confluence content, it will be styled in accordance with the styles configured on this screen. For example, if you change the background color to red for table body cells, all corresponding cells will display a red background when exported from Confluence:
The inbuilt template editor contains a Preview section, on the right-hand of the screen, which offers a live view for your chosen styling choices – these automatically appear as you make edits.
If you are dissatisfied with the edits you have made to a table style, you can return to the default settings by clicking the arrow button next to Default Table in the Tables section.
Modify styles
Default table styles can be modified in a number of ways – you can change the following properties:
| Category | Property | Description |
|---|
| General | Margin (pt) | Determine the margins around the table |
| Header Cells | All style changes will be applied to cells for the table header |
| Body Cells | All style changes will be applied to cells for the table body |
| Content | Overwrite style of | Define whether Paragraphs styles contained within a table are overwritten with a table style |
| Font | Use the bundled fonts, or add a custom font |
| Style | Light/regular/bold, italics, underlined |
| Size (pt) | Select the font size |
| Alignment | Left, centre, or right |
| Line height (%) | Set the line height for text in cells |
| Color | Choose the color of your font |
| Case | Decide whether the text style is Capitalised, UPPERCASE or lowercase |
| Cells | Padding | Determine the amount of padding for the table cell |
| Background color | Choose the background color for the table cell |
| Border | Horizontal / Vertical | Style table borders for the specified direction |
| Type | Select the border style for the table cell |
| Strength (pt) | Define the strength of the border style |
| Border color | Choose the border color for the table cell |
Next steps
Now you have styled your tables, you can define the structure of your template – and fine-tune the design – on the 'Document Sections' tab.