Edit formatting on multiple cells in a table at once | Voters

Edit formatting on multiple cells in a table at once

Sophia Gaynes

I'd like to be able to edit the highlight, boldness, color, etc. of the text in multiple selected cells in a table at once. Right now, I have to do it one by one and it's very time consuming.

July 19, 2023

Chris Hodgson

This is really needed for me. I have a need to copy a table of actions from one page to another. However, the text is red from the page I have copied it from and I want it to be black in the new page. Currently, I have to select every cell individually and change the colour from red to black. Painful!

Lux de Lumine

This is absolutely crucial to my ability to use Docs for a knowledge base. I don't understand how this is not a top priority for the team, it's basic functionality for a text editor.

Des Daa

This is definitely a need for me. I'm a visual person so formatting is important! Being able to copy formatting between tables would be slick as well.

Jeff MacNeill

Would love this. Trying to align text on tables currently takes forever. The Ctrl + Shift + E short cut to center text does not work. You also have to go cell by cell. This needs a desperate update. Also, once formatting like aligning text is applied, the formatting menu bar should stay present until you click away so you can apply additional formatting.

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Lukas Stetter

Same here.

So far it is not possible to simply select several cells with the same table contents and write things into them or delete multiple cell contents. Everything should be undo with Ctrl + Z or for better usability maybe even better additionally also a back and forth button. It is also not possible to make several table cells bold at the same time. You have to do them all individually. This wastes time unnecessarily. Even the worstes was. I one time deleted a text under a table and hit Backspace to long. The whole table got deleted. Ctrl Z dont worked. Work from 2 days in vain. Tables are crucial. Please fix that

Scott Dyer

This is SO crucial. Editing tables right now is so painful and our org makes intense use of tables.

Karrie Dash

I also want to select a row, column, or multiple cells and delete text at the same time.

If I set a row or column with a format (ex: center alignment), then add a new row or column, the format should apply to the new row or column.

Simon Gmerek

I also want to copy and paste a whole column just like excel

Morgyn-Britney Abbey

Agreed! This takes too much time now :/

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