Creating and Formatting Tables Flashcards
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What is the main advantage of using Cell Styles and Table Styles?
Answer: Consistent formatting that updates everywhere when the style changes
Styles ensure consistent, globally updatable table and cell formatting.
A Table Style can reference which of the following?
Answer: Cell Styles for header, body, and footer regions
Table Styles assign Cell Styles to header rows, body rows, footer rows, and columns.
How do you control the line that appears between cells when strokes overlap?
Answer: Use the Stroke proxy and 'stroke drawing order' in Cell Options
Cell Options stroke settings and drawing order resolve overlapping cell strokes.
What does a red dot or overset indicator in a cell signify?
Answer: The cell's content is too large to display in the cell
An overset indicator means text exceeds the visible cell space.
When exporting a table to PDF, how are header rows handled for accessibility?
Answer: They can be tagged as table headers for proper structure
Header rows can be exported as tagged headers in accessible PDFs.
Which approach best preserves Excel formatting when placing a spreadsheet?
Answer: Set Import Options to 'Formatted Table' during Place
Choosing Formatted Table in Import Options retains the source styling.
How do you anchor a table so it moves with surrounding text edits?
Answer: Tables are inherently inline and flow with the text thread
Tables are part of the text flow, so they reposition as the text reflows.