You can choose some other table style (or create one), edit it, and then
select it as the "Based on" style for other table styles.

As you've noticed, however, table styles have other drawbacks that make them
Not Ready for Prime Time.

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"feline1" wrote in message
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
No, Table Normal cannot be edited.


Bah! Whyever not?
You can edit the "normal" style (which very usefully lets you
cascade changes through nearly all the other paragraph styles) -
why won't Microsoft let us edit "Table Normal" as well? :-/