Editing Table Component Properties in DITA

To customize the look of a table, place the cursor anywhere in a table and invoke the Table Properties (Ctrl + T (Command + T on OS X)) action from the Table submenu of the contextual menu or DITA menu.

The Table properties dialog box allows you to set specific properties to the table elements.
Note: Depending on the context, some options or values are filtered out.
Note: If you want to remove a property, set its value to <not set>.
Note: Choose the <preserve> setting to:
  • Keep the current non-standard value for a particular property.
  • Keep the values already set. This happens when you select multiple elements having the same property set to different values.
For a CALS table you can format any of the following:
For a Simple table, you can customize the following:
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