Yep, that did it. I’ll have to make sure that incoming table material is mapped either to the table paragraph styles or to [Basic Paragraph]. However, I think it would be a good idea if Adobe reworked precedence on this so that paragraph/cell styles invoked by a table style have the final say.

Thanks for your help, Ari.

Thanks for the advice, Ari. I already found that I apparently have to either apply the correct paragraph styles by hand before creating the table, or select the cells and click “Clear attributes not defined by style.” I have to say, though, this leaves me scratching my head and wondering, “If I have to apply the paragraph styles myself, or clear the unwanted attributes of the original paragraph style after apply the table style, then why bother with the cell styles or table styles for anything other than controlling the borders and stand-offs?”.

And why did it seem to work in David’s course lesson? He imported an Excel table, applied the table style, and the cells took on the correct styles… or it looked like that’s what happened.