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# Appearance settings

Customize the appearance of your table by changing text formatting, spacing, row height, row highlighting, and gridline settings.

### Adjust row height

You can increase or decrease the height of table rows to improve readability or display more data.

To adjust the row height:

1. Select the **Format** tab.
2. Use the **Row Height** control to increase or decrease the row height.<br>

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PowerTable immediately updates the row height for the table.

### Customize text and header appearance

The **Display** tab lets you customize the appearance of table text, headers, and spacing.

To customize the display settings:

1. Select the **Format** tab.
2. Select **Appearance** on the toolbar. The **Appearance** pane opens with the **Display** tab selected by default.<br>

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#### Change text and header formatting

You can customize the following text settings:

* **Font** - Select the font style for the table from the available options in the dropdown.
* **Font Size** - Adjust the size of the table text.
* **Text Color** - Change the color of cell values.
* **Header Orientation** - Display the header text in **Horizontal**, **Vertical**, **Clockwise**, or **Counterclockwise** orientations.
* **Header Text Color** - Change the color of the column headers.
* **Display Type in Header** - Display the configured input type together with the column header.
* **Auto-Wrap Header Text** - Wrap long header names onto multiple lines instead of truncating them.

#### Adjust table padding

Specify padding for the **Top**, **Bottom**, **Left**, and **Right** sides of the table. Padding values range from **0** to **100**.

### Customize gridlines and row highlighting

Switch to the **Gridlines** tab in the **Appearance** pane to customize the appearance of gridlines and row highlighting.

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#### Configure gridlines

You can customize the following gridline settings:

* **Horizontal** - Display horizontal gridlines as **Solid**, **Dashed**, or **Off**. You can also customize the gridline color and specify the number of rows to skip between consecutive lines.
* **Skip Lines** - Specify the spacing between displayed horizontal gridlines.
* **Vertical** - Display vertical gridlines between columns as **Solid** or **Off**. When enabled, you can customize the gridline color.
* **Header Border** - Display borders for column headers and customize their color.
* **Show Outline** - Display a separator line below the column headers and customize its color.

#### Highlight rows

Choose one of the following row highlight options:

* **Row Hover** - Highlights the row when you move the pointer over it. You can customize the hover text and background colors.
* **Row Alternate** - Highlights alternate rows in the table. You can customize the colors for odd and even rows.
* **Row Alternate Contrast** - Applies predefined contrasting colors to alternating rows, with customizable colors.
* **Row Alternate Flashy** - Applies predefined vibrant colors to alternating rows, with customizable colors.
* **Off** - Disables row highlighting.

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### Reset to default styling

Select **Reset to Default Styling** to discard all appearance customizations and restore the default styling.

PowerTable restores all appearance settings, including text formatting, table padding, gridlines, row highlighting, and other display customizations, to their default values.


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