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• • March 27, 2020 at 8:59 am #1235383
    Colin Pritchard

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    Hi,

    I am working on a large catalog with many data tables. I want the rows in the tables to alternate fills.

    In the Table Styles panel, I have set up a style that has alternating row fills. But when I apply this style to a table, it does not work at all. Nothing changes in the table.

    Any ideas how I can get this to work?

    I’ve tried clearing all the style from the table, and forcing the style I want on it, and that does not work.

    Funny thing is, if I create a new table, and choose the style I want on it, the table style is applied. Really frustrating.

    Thanks for any help you can give.

    Colin

  • April 1, 2020 at 8:54 am #1235975
    David Deo

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    What is the source of your table?

    I am having a similar problem when working with linked tables. Those are from a linked .doc file that has been generated from google docs.

    So far as I can tell, the tables have no formatting in terms of cell fills, yet applying the table style doesn’t apply my alternating fills.

  • April 1, 2020 at 8:56 am #1235985
    Colin Pritchard

    Member

    I’m actually pasting table data from Excel files into the tables. So, the data is not linked.

    It seems InDesign’s implementation of table styles is just buggy.

  • April 1, 2020 at 1:24 pm #1236115
    David Deo

    Member

    I’ve just sorted out my problem with the help of this link, (using the second option proposed):

    Adobe InDesign: Tables That Won’t Accept Table and Cell Styles

    It amounts to option/alt-clicking within the character/paragraph/table/cell styles panels to fully remove the stickier overrides that prevent table styles from being applied. Hopefully it helps you too.

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