After you add AutoFormat, it remains on the Quick Access Toolbar.

There are 17 AutoFormat styles available in Excel.

These styles affectnumber formatting, borders, fonts, patterns and background colors, alignment, andcolumn and rowsize.

The quick-access toolbar dropdown menu

Select theQuick Access Toolbardrop-down arrow.

ChooseMore Commandsto open theCustomize the Quick Access Toolbardialog box.

Select theChoose commands fromthe drop-down arrow.

The Customize the Quick Access Toolbar dialog box

ChooseAll Commandsto display all the commands available in Excel.

Scroll through the alphabetical list and chooseAutoFormat.

SelectOKto add the AutoFormat icon to the Quick Access Toolbar.

The Choose commands from dropdown

Go to theQuick Access Toolbarand selectAutoFormat.

In theAutoFormatdialog box, choose a style.

SelectOKto terminate the dialog box.

Screenshot of All Commands in the Choose commands from dropdown

The new style is applied to the table.

To apply a different style, select any cell in the table and chooseAutoFormat.

In theAutoFormatdialog box, selectOptions.

AutoFormat selected in the Choose commands from dropdown

The examples in the dialog box update to reflect the changes.

SelectOKto apply the modified style.

To create custom AutoFormat styles for tables:

Select any cell in the table.

AutoFormat added to the Quick Access Toolbar

Go to theHometab, selectFormat asTable, then chooseNew Table Style.

Do this for each table element you want to change.

Highlighting a table to format in Excel

Selecting an AutoFormat style

An AutoFormat applied to a selected table.

AutoFormat formatting options

Adjusting AutoFormat formatting options

Selecting a new table style in Excel

Formatting table style elements in Excel