I am having trouble shading a single column within a three (3) column table. I'd like to shade the middle column to provide a visual separator between the columns with entries. Can someone please advise on this seemingly simple task?
I've attached some screen shots as an aide.
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Table Designer shades using a repeating pattern. If all your tables look exactly like the one shown, you could shade by Body Columns and set the 1st 1 to None, Next 1 to the desired shading. The repeating pattern for a 3 column table would be none, shade, none. This would not work for four or more columns—in that case you would need to use Custom Ruling and Shading.
- Select the Column
- Table > Format > Custom Ruling and Shading
- Disable the checkmarks for all ruling properties
- Enable the checkmark for
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Table Designer shades using a repeating pattern. If all your tables look exactly like the one shown, you could shade by Body Columns and set the 1st 1 to None, Next 1 to the desired shading. The repeating pattern for a 3 column table would be none, shade, none. This would not work for four or more columns—in that case you would need to use Custom Ruling and Shading.
- Select the Column
- Table > Format > Custom Ruling and Shading
- Disable the checkmarks for all ruling properties
- Enable the checkmark for shading and set the shading as desired.
- Click Apply
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