CONFIGURE COLUMNS
Column colors
Give an entire column a consistent background or text color. The setting covers both its heading and its cells, so readers can follow the column across the table.
Apply color to a column
Column colors live in the Display section of each column’s settings.
- 1
Open the column
Edit the Simple Table macro, open Columns and select the column you want to style.
- 2
Choose the colors
In Display → Column colors, choose Column color for the background, Text color for the lettering, or both. Each choice applies to the heading and cells.
- 3
Check the preview and save
Check that the text remains easy to read, then save the macro and publish the page.
Tip
Choose Inherit in a color picker to use the table theme for that color again. Reset column colors clears both column color choices at once.
What each control changes
The two pickers affect the whole column. The reset action returns it to the table’s normal colors.
Column color
Sets the background color of both the column heading and its cells.
Text color
Sets the text color of both the column heading and its cells.
Inherit
Removes that individual color choice so the table theme supplies it.
Reset column colors
Clears the column’s background and text color choices together.
Example: highlight a key column
A project register has many fields, but readers frequently need to find the owner.
- Before
- The Owner column blends into the other fields, making a wide table harder to scan.
- After
- Give Owner a subtle background color and keep readable text. Its heading and cells now form one visual line.
- When the emphasis is no longer useful
- Choose Inherit for one color, or Reset column colors to return the whole column to the table theme.
Color individual values instead
A uniform column color is different from colors that change according to a cell’s value.