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
DocBook 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:
- Table - The horizontal alignment, row and column separators, and the frame.
- Row - The row type, vertical alignment, and row separator.
- Column - The horizontal alignment, and column and row separators.
- Cell - The horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, and column and row separators.
For an HTML table you can customize any of the following:
- Table - The frame attribute.
- Row - The row type, horizontal alignment, and vertical alignment.
- Column - The horizontal and vertical alignment.
- Cell - The horizontal and vertical alignment.
