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Table styles: add white space following the table
I'm trying (really trying!) to use proper styles in formatting my documents,
but what a PITA!! I'm especially having problems with tables. None of the font changes I make seem to be saved into the table format (I did find some other information about this on this forum...apparently this is some kind of bug?) but now I want to be able to add some white space (like 12pt worth) after my table and before the next line. Whenever I change the spacing in the styles dialog, it just changes the table itself. Is there any way to add a certain amount of white space after a table, without having to modify the style of the paragraph following it? TIA, Jen |
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Table styles: add white space following the table
Unfortunately, no, though this has frequently been suggested/requested.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jen" wrote in message ... I'm trying (really trying!) to use proper styles in formatting my documents, but what a PITA!! I'm especially having problems with tables. None of the font changes I make seem to be saved into the table format (I did find some other information about this on this forum...apparently this is some kind of bug?) but now I want to be able to add some white space (like 12pt worth) after my table and before the next line. Whenever I change the spacing in the styles dialog, it just changes the table itself. Is there any way to add a certain amount of white space after a table, without having to modify the style of the paragraph following it? TIA, Jen |
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Table styles: add white space following the table
Thanks Suzanne...at least now I know I'm not crazy!
So what's the recommended way to do this? Is it worth adding a new paragraph style just for the paragraph following a table, or should I just do the dreaded "extra return"? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unfortunately, no, though this has frequently been suggested/requested. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jen" wrote in message ... I'm trying (really trying!) to use proper styles in formatting my documents, but what a PITA!! I'm especially having problems with tables. None of the font changes I make seem to be saved into the table format (I did find some other information about this on this forum...apparently this is some kind of bug?) but now I want to be able to add some white space (like 12pt worth) after my table and before the next line. Whenever I change the spacing in the styles dialog, it just changes the table itself. Is there any way to add a certain amount of white space after a table, without having to modify the style of the paragraph following it? TIA, Jen |
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Table styles: add white space following the table
I wouldn't use an empty paragraph for this, as it can come back to bite you
if the text reflows to the top of a page. I usually just add some Space Before manually (you can add 12 points easily by pressing Ctrl+0), but if I already have a Body Text Space Before style (which I often do), then I use that. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jen" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne...at least now I know I'm not crazy! So what's the recommended way to do this? Is it worth adding a new paragraph style just for the paragraph following a table, or should I just do the dreaded "extra return"? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unfortunately, no, though this has frequently been suggested/requested. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jen" wrote in message ... I'm trying (really trying!) to use proper styles in formatting my documents, but what a PITA!! I'm especially having problems with tables. None of the font changes I make seem to be saved into the table format (I did find some other information about this on this forum...apparently this is some kind of bug?) but now I want to be able to add some white space (like 12pt worth) after my table and before the next line. Whenever I change the spacing in the styles dialog, it just changes the table itself. Is there any way to add a certain amount of white space after a table, without having to modify the style of the paragraph following it? TIA, Jen |
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Table styles: add white space following the table
Sounds good...thanks again.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I wouldn't use an empty paragraph for this, as it can come back to bite you if the text reflows to the top of a page. I usually just add some Space Before manually (you can add 12 points easily by pressing Ctrl+0), but if I already have a Body Text Space Before style (which I often do), then I use that. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jen" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne...at least now I know I'm not crazy! So what's the recommended way to do this? Is it worth adding a new paragraph style just for the paragraph following a table, or should I just do the dreaded "extra return"? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unfortunately, no, though this has frequently been suggested/requested. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jen" wrote in message ... I'm trying (really trying!) to use proper styles in formatting my documents, but what a PITA!! I'm especially having problems with tables. None of the font changes I make seem to be saved into the table format (I did find some other information about this on this forum...apparently this is some kind of bug?) but now I want to be able to add some white space (like 12pt worth) after my table and before the next line. Whenever I change the spacing in the styles dialog, it just changes the table itself. Is there any way to add a certain amount of white space after a table, without having to modify the style of the paragraph following it? TIA, Jen |
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