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Table autoformats and paragraph styles
I'm creating a company template, and need to include a table autoformat/style
that defines the font and paragraph properties that each table should adopt. I created a table Autoformat, and specified the correct font (trebuchet) and paragraph properties (space before and after: 3pt) - the problem is that these are never actually applied when I insert a new table - instead each new table I insert picks up the paragraph style currently in use on the page (usually Body Text, which has inappropriate spacing before/after). So, at the moment I have to always adjust the cell para styles after inserting the table each time - this is a problem because my template users keep forgetting to make this change. What's the best way to approach this problem? (I have seen posts elsewhere that link the problem with a modified Normal para style - I've tried setting that back to Word's default, but this doesn't seem to help...) Many thanks for your attention, Jackie |
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Table autoformats and paragraph styles
Hmm, if the paragraph style at the insertion point conflicts with the
paragraph formatting specified in the table style, I think the former always "wins". Therefore, the best solution is probably to store an example table (formatted the way you want it, with the proper paragraph styles applied to the cell paragraphs) as an AutoText entry, and teach users to insert the AutoText as needed. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Jackie" wrote in message ... I'm creating a company template, and need to include a table autoformat/style that defines the font and paragraph properties that each table should adopt. I created a table Autoformat, and specified the correct font (trebuchet) and paragraph properties (space before and after: 3pt) - the problem is that these are never actually applied when I insert a new table - instead each new table I insert picks up the paragraph style currently in use on the page (usually Body Text, which has inappropriate spacing before/after). So, at the moment I have to always adjust the cell para styles after inserting the table each time - this is a problem because my template users keep forgetting to make this change. What's the best way to approach this problem? (I have seen posts elsewhere that link the problem with a modified Normal para style - I've tried setting that back to Word's default, but this doesn't seem to help...) Many thanks for your attention, Jackie |
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Table autoformats and paragraph styles
I have encountered exactly the same problem that Jackie describes. So
far, my workaround is to define two styles: a Table Style and a Text Style. Then 1) create a new table using the Table Style 2) select the entire table 3) apply the Text Style that is associated with this table. Cumbersome - yes. Two steps instead of one. But it seems to be stable across different documents. Of course it gets worse if your table contains more than one text style. MarkF Office 2003 SP2 Windows XP Pro "Jackie" wrote in message ... I'm creating a company template, and need to include a table autoformat/style that defines the font and paragraph properties that each table should adopt. I created a table Autoformat, and specified the correct font (trebuchet) and paragraph properties (space before and after: 3pt) - the problem is that these are never actually applied when I insert a new table - instead each new table I insert picks up the paragraph style currently in use on the page (usually Body Text, which has inappropriate spacing before/after). So, at the moment I have to always adjust the cell para styles after inserting the table each time - this is a problem because my template users keep forgetting to make this change. What's the best way to approach this problem? (I have seen posts elsewhere that link the problem with a modified Normal para style - I've tried setting that back to Word's default, but this doesn't seem to help...) Many thanks for your attention, Jackie |
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Table autoformats and paragraph styles
The advantage with an AutoText entry is that you can store the applied
styles and the table formatting together. But of course, the advantage of table styles is that you can easily apply and modify table formatting to tables in your document. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "markf" wrote in message ups.com... I have encountered exactly the same problem that Jackie describes. So far, my workaround is to define two styles: a Table Style and a Text Style. Then 1) create a new table using the Table Style 2) select the entire table 3) apply the Text Style that is associated with this table. Cumbersome - yes. Two steps instead of one. But it seems to be stable across different documents. Of course it gets worse if your table contains more than one text style. MarkF Office 2003 SP2 Windows XP Pro "Jackie" wrote in message ... I'm creating a company template, and need to include a table autoformat/style that defines the font and paragraph properties that each table should adopt. I created a table Autoformat, and specified the correct font (trebuchet) and paragraph properties (space before and after: 3pt) - the problem is that these are never actually applied when I insert a new table - instead each new table I insert picks up the paragraph style currently in use on the page (usually Body Text, which has inappropriate spacing before/after). So, at the moment I have to always adjust the cell para styles after inserting the table each time - this is a problem because my template users keep forgetting to make this change. What's the best way to approach this problem? (I have seen posts elsewhere that link the problem with a modified Normal para style - I've tried setting that back to Word's default, but this doesn't seem to help...) Many thanks for your attention, Jackie |
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