New table column changes font color and settings

[Phazr]

When i create a new column in a document table, the new column gets formatted with different settings than all the others. For example the font will be blue, the letter spacing set to 108% instead of 100, it turns on All Caps, and sets the font to Extra Bold. It is very frustrating as then when i link text I have to manually adjust the settings on every section of that new column, which when you are working on a catalog with lots of tables wastes an enormous amount of time. Is there someway to change or override this that i am missing? Or make it so that when i right click and insert a new column it used the same setting as the one next to it?

I can get rid of the formatting by copy/pasting the column next to it then deleting all the info but i would prefer not to have to do that everytime I add a column if possible.

[Scott Citron · Accepted solution]

The easiest way to solve this problem is to select an existing column and then Option/Alt drag a copy and move it elsewhere. If this is impractical you can always use Copy/Paste, too. Ultimately, the best solution is to create Cell and Table styles which can be applied also. PS: This is all done with the Type tool.