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Cindy M -WordMVP-
 
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The seemingly random reversion of some paragraphs inside pasted table
rows happens regardless of whether my paragraph styles' font size is
overriding Table Grid's, or Table Grid's is overriding my paragraph
styles'.

From your entire description, my best guess on what's been happening is
that it all depends on what part of the table structure is storing the
formatting information. It may also be a function of how much of the
text (percentage) of what you're copying/pasting is formatted in what
way. And also how the formatting instructions are stored in the target
area, and how they coincided (or didn't) with the formatting coming in.

Tables can store formatting in the paragraph marks in the cells, in the
cell structure, in the row structure, as well as in the table
structure. Just to complicate things even further, in order to be
"user-friendly", tables have behavior patterns such as carrying across
the formatting of the preceding row when you insert a new row (or
rows). Taken all together, I can see where what you describe could
happen.

Did you try using the Paste Options buttons at all to reject/retain
formatting?

As to the font size: yes, there are some odd things happening in table
styles with certain font sizes. No question. My only advice in this
respect would be to
- format the tables with the default table style (whichever you've
selected)
- make absolutely sure that the font and font size of this style
corresponds to the default font size of the Normal style (Times New
Roman 12, I believe)

I believe, if that is the case, the formatting you apply will have a
better chance of overriding that of the table style.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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