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Default Styles in table inherit indent from Normal, incorrectly

The only way to get the option to remove the tab following a number is to
use an outline-numbered list. You can then choose to follow the number with
a tab, a space, or nothing.

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"christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com" u3143@uwe wrote in message
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I got better control over the table styles, and followed your suggestion.

But
there are still hidden dependencies that I can't untangle:

- In the column that has only the step number, I use a style called "Step
Number" (surprise). In the next column I use Table Text. Then in a

completely
separate table, the Table Text paragraphs became numbered. This is a style
that happens to be in another table, in another column, and it somehow
inherited the numbering. So I saved the text and reconstructed that table.

- My Step Number style insists on having a tab after it. I've followed

every
lead I can find to omit this, and it's always there. The tab prevents the
number from being centered-- not too serious, but I don't like to settle

for
something I didn't intend.

Thanks for the responses.

Stefan Blom wrote:
Also note the special relationship between font formatting in table cells
and the Normal style. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html. The fix is to

apply
paragraph styles (other than Normal) to the contents of the table cells.

Since virtually all styles in Word are based on Normal, they will

inherit
its formatting (see

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indent. Then I override the indent, but the style is now one of those
annoying qualified styles. Any idea why the table picks this up?


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