On the USGS eXtyles style palette, the buttons on the Object tab are used as follows.

Table Title: Table number and table title.
Table Headnote: The headnote for the table, or a continuation paragraph of the table title.
Table Heading: Table head cells at the top of columns within the Word table.
Table Spanner: Table internal heading.
Table Body: Table body cells.
Table Footnote: Table footnotes.

For ease of table styling and to ensure that all paragraphs in the document are properly tagged, Inera recommends that table footnotes be placed after the table (i.e., outside of the table grid), as in the following Simple Table example, although this is not a requirement.

When using the eXtyles palette, eXtyles normally applies the selected style to a whole row of cells at once. To apply the selected style otherwise, use the modifier keys as indicated in the following table while pressing the relevant button on the palette. See also the section USGS Styles.

Key	Action
(none)	Applies the specified style to an entire row (from the current cell to the end of the row).
Shift	Applies the specified style to the remainder of the table (from the current cell to the end of the row).
Control	Applies the specified style one paragraph within a cell at a time. If there is only one paragraph in a cell, this behavior is the same as Shift + Control.
Shift + Control	Applies the specified style to one cell at a time.

In this section

The Shift key is particularly useful when styling a table: as soon as you reach the point in the table at which all remaining cells are to be tagged as your table body style, for instance, you can hold down Shift and click on your table body style, and eXtyles will tag the rest of the table automatically!

Please note the following special information about styling tables with the eXtyles palette (as opposed to the regular Word Paragraph Style menu):

When styling tables, empty cells are skipped.

Using the eXtyles cleanup feature to add non-breaking spaces to all empty table cells ensures that all table cells are correctly styled

eXtyles preserves any of the following format information that was previously applied to each cell by an author:
- Alignment (left, right, center, justify, decimal)
- Indents (first line, left, right)
- Tab stops

All of this information is respected during an eXtyles CALS or XHTML export.

If the entire content of a cell is already in italic, bold, or underline, eXtyles will preserve this markup.
If a paragraph style for a table cell specifies italic, bold, or underline markup, it will be applied to the entire content of the cell.

Simple Tables

The following simple table shows the correct location of each style:

Table 1. This is a Table Title. It may be located within the table grid or outside of it.

[The Table Headnote appears in brackets, following the Table Title.]

Table Head	Table Head	Table Head
Table Body*	Table Body	Table Body
Table Body	Table Body	Table Body

*Table Footnote text. Any symbol, number can be used (or, no symbol/number).

Complex Tables

Paragraph styles can be used to add specific formatting to table content. Your configuration’s list style can be applied to an individual table cell that contains a list using the Shift + Control shortcut; or to an individual list paragraph within a cell using the Control shortcut.

For tables that contain row headers mid-table, the table spanner head style should be applied, rather than table body (see the following example).

Table 1. This is a Table Title. It may be located within the table grid or outside of it.

[The Table Headnote appears in brackets, following the Table Title.]

Table Head	Table Head	Table Head
Table Body	Table Body	• List Level 1
Table Body	Table Body	• List Level 1
Table Spanner		Table Spanner
Table Body	Table Body	Table Body
		• List Level 1
		• List Level 1

*Table Footnote text. Any symbol, number can be used (or, no symbol/number).

Styling Tables

Simple Tables

Complex Tables