diff --git a/crates/model/src/resolve.rs b/crates/model/src/resolve.rs
index 4457108b..8d87229f 100644
--- a/crates/model/src/resolve.rs
+++ b/crates/model/src/resolve.rs
@@ -100,11 +100,15 @@ pub fn parents<'a>(ctx: &Ctx<'a>, shape: &Shape) -> (Option<&'a Shape>, Option<&
     }
 }
 
-/// The text style group (title / body / other) a shape draws from. Text in a table that isn't a
-/// placeholder takes the master's other-text style, as in PowerPoint for Mac (a table cell is 14 pt
-/// under an `otherStyle` of 14 pt and a `defaultTextStyle` of 26 pt, while a shape's or a text
-/// box's text is 26 pt); other shapes take the presentation's default text style.
+/// The text style group (title / body / other) a shape draws from. Text in a table takes the
+/// master's other-text style, also when the table sits in a content placeholder, as in PowerPoint
+/// for Mac (a table cell is 14 pt under an `otherStyle` of 14 pt, a `defaultTextStyle` of 26 pt and
+/// a bulleted 36 pt `bodyStyle`, with or without `<p:ph idx="1"/>`, while a shape's or a text box's
+/// text is 26 pt); other shapes take the presentation's default text style.
 pub fn master_list_style<'a>(ctx: &Ctx<'a>, shape: &Shape) -> &'a ListStyle {
+    if matches!(shape.kind, crate::ShapeKind::Table(_)) {
+        return &ctx.master.other_style;
+    }
     match shape.ph_type() {
         Some(PhType::Title | PhType::CtrTitle) => &ctx.master.title_style,
         Some(
@@ -119,7 +123,6 @@ pub fn master_list_style<'a>(ctx: &Ctx<'a>, shape: &Shape) -> &'a ListStyle {
             | PhType::ClipArt,
         ) => &ctx.master.body_style,
         Some(_) => &ctx.master.other_style,
-        None if matches!(shape.kind, crate::ShapeKind::Table(_)) => &ctx.master.other_style,
         None => &ctx.pres.default_text_style,
     }
 }
@@ -252,7 +255,9 @@ pub fn body(ctx: &Ctx, shape: &Shape) -> BodyProps {
 
 /// The merged level style (paragraph + run defaults) for paragraphs at `level` in `shape`.
 pub fn level_style(ctx: &Ctx, shape: &Shape, level: u8) -> LevelStyle {
-    let (lp, mp) = parents(ctx, shape);
+    // A table's text inherits nothing from a placeholder the table sits in: PowerPoint draws it in
+    // the other-text style even under list styles on the layout's and master's placeholders.
+    let (lp, mp) = if matches!(shape.kind, crate::ShapeKind::Table(_)) { (None, None) } else { parents(ctx, shape) };
     let mut out = LevelStyle::default();
     let add = |out: &mut LevelStyle, ls: Option<&LevelStyle>| {
         if let Some(l) = ls {
diff --git a/crates/model/src/tests.rs b/crates/model/src/tests.rs
index 05915a56..bc3817d9 100644
--- a/crates/model/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/model/src/tests.rs
@@ -273,12 +273,14 @@ fn ink_width_follows_pressure_and_keeps_the_old_placeholder() {
 
 #[test]
 fn table_text_takes_the_masters_other_style_and_shapes_the_default_text_style() {
-    // PowerPoint for Mac, with an otherStyle of 14 pt and a defaultTextStyle of 26 pt: a table
-    // cell's text is 14 pt, a shape's and a text box's 26 pt.
+    // PowerPoint for Mac, with an otherStyle of 14 pt, a defaultTextStyle of 26 pt and a 36 pt
+    // bodyStyle: a table cell's text is 14 pt, also in a table placed in a content placeholder; a
+    // shape's and a text box's is 26 pt.
     let mut p = Presentation::default();
     let size = |pt: f64| crate::text::LevelStyle { run: RunProps { size: Some(pt), ..Default::default() }, ..Default::default() };
     p.default_text_style.set(0, size(26.0));
     std::sync::Arc::make_mut(&mut p.masters[0]).other_style.set(0, size(14.0));
+    std::sync::Arc::make_mut(&mut p.masters[0]).body_style.set(0, size(36.0));
     let s = p.slides[0].clone();
     let ctx = Ctx::for_slide(&p, &s).unwrap();
     let para = Paragraph::default();
@@ -287,6 +289,8 @@ fn table_text_takes_the_masters_other_style_and_shapes_the_default_text_style()
     assert_eq!(pt(&Shape::table_cell(body.clone())), Some(14.0), "a table cell");
     let table = Shape { kind: ShapeKind::Table(Table::default()), ..Default::default() };
     assert_eq!(pt(&table), Some(14.0), "the table itself (its formatting state)");
+    let in_placeholder = Shape { ph: Some(Placeholder { kind: PhType::Obj, idx: 1, ..Default::default() }), ..table };
+    assert_eq!(pt(&in_placeholder), Some(14.0), "a table in a content placeholder");
     assert_eq!(pt(&Shape { text: Some(body.clone()), ..Default::default() }), Some(26.0), "a shape");
     assert_eq!(pt(&Shape { text: Some(body), text_box: true, ..Default::default() }), Some(26.0), "a text box");
 }