WPS Table Styles on Windows: Introduction

WPS Table Styles is a table formatting feature in WPS Spreadsheets on Windows; this guide covers 4 core tasks, with 4 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	4	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	4	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

WPS Table Styles is a built-in formatting feature in WPS Spreadsheets for Windows. It helps you apply a consistent visual style to a selected table range in a few clicks. From the Home tab, you can open Table Styles, apply a preset style, and adjust effects such as first column, header row, banded rows, and banded columns.

Core tasks include:

Apply a preset table style to a selected range.
Switch to a different style from the style gallery.
Turn first-row, first-column, banded-row, and banded-column effects on or off.
Clear the applied formatting and return to the default appearance.

This feature is useful for sales lists, weekly reports, project trackers, and print-ready worksheets. It reduces repeated manual formatting and makes tables easier to scan.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Windows device that can run WPS Office normally
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office
Network	No mandatory internet connection is required for local table style actions
Other	You need to open or create a spreadsheet file and enter the WPS Spreadsheets editing interface

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Office, open a spreadsheet, and look for the Table Styles entry on the Home tab

Source: WPS download page

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	Lets you apply preset table styles to a selected range from the Home tab and adjust first column, header row, banded rows, and banded columns.	Excel provides predefined table styles, table style options such as header and total rows, first and last columns, and banded rows and columns, and it also supports custom table styles.	Google Sheets tables automatically apply basic formatting and let users adjust alternating colors, header and footer style, and default table style from table formatting options.	Notion databases support property display, tags, and conditional color in database views, but they do not provide a spreadsheet-style preset table style gallery for cell ranges.	Adobe Acrobat focuses on PDF creation and editing, and its official desktop help does not describe a native spreadsheet-style table style gallery for worksheet ranges.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: the style entry is directly available from the Home tab for quick formatting. Distinct: first-row, first-column, banded-row, and banded-column effects can be adjusted in a workflow aimed at everyday spreadsheet cleanup.	Compared with WPS: Excel places more emphasis on table objects and custom table style management.	Compared with WPS: Google Sheets focuses more on table structure and sidebar-based formatting settings.	Compared with WPS: Notion is better aligned with database views than spreadsheet cell-range styling.	Compared with WPS: Acrobat is centered on PDF workflows rather than spreadsheet table styling.
Official Source	—	Format an Excel table	Use tables in Google Sheets	Database properties	Acrobat Desktop Help

Overall Conclusion
If your main goal is to format spreadsheet tables quickly, WPS offers a direct entry point and a simple style-switching workflow for everyday worksheet cleanup. Excel and Google Sheets also provide table-formatting features, but they emphasize table objects or online table settings differently. Notion and Adobe Acrobat are not direct matches for this spreadsheet styling scenario.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main pain point	How it helps
1	Organizing sales data	Sales teams, operations staff	Raw data looks inconsistent	Apply a preset table style to unify the layout
2	Beautifying weekly reports	Admin staff, team leads	Manual formatting takes time	Use the style gallery to add header and banded-row effects quickly
3	Checking before printing	Finance staff, office staff	Printed tables are hard to scan	Turn on header-row and banded-row effects for better readability
4	Presenting project lists	Project managers, collaborators	Key columns do not stand out enough	Use first-column emphasis to highlight important fields
5	Reusing worksheet templates	General office users	The same formatting has to be rebuilt each time	Apply a preset style first, then fine-tune the display

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free users	WPS Premium
Use Table Styles	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic spreadsheet formatting	✅ Available	✅ Available
Other premium benefits in the suite	Depends on the account plan	More benefits may be included depending on the purchased plan

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Scenario	Recommended plan	Why
Everyday spreadsheet cleanup and table styling	Free	This feature is available directly for regular formatting work
Users who also need more suite-wide premium benefits	WPS Premium	Suitable when you want one subscription for additional premium features

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