[Mike Faulkner]

OS: Vista SP1
App: Word 2007 SP1

Hi

My Normal style is set to Justified. When I insert a table it's text
alignment properties are ignored and uses previous alignment of Justified.

Repro steps:
1. Delete any [Normal.dot] found
2. Create new document
3. Modify Normal to be Justified (All documents)
4. Insert some text (Justified)
5. Insert a table (Table style text alignment Left aligned)
6. On inspection Table text is Justified

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Mike

[Stefan Blom]

There is a peculiar connection between the formatting of the Normal style
and the text formatting in table styles (apparently, the behavior is by
design, for some reason). :-(

The setting of the table style should be honored if you change back the
Normal style to its default settings. (You could then use some other style
than Normal for the text in the document that should be justified; be sure
to add it to the template.)

However, it will be a lot easier not to modify the font and paragraph
settings for table styles but instead apply the appropriate *paragraph
style* to format the text in cells.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mike Faulkner" wrote in message
...
OS: Vista SP1
App: Word 2007 SP1

Hi

My Normal style is set to Justified. When I insert a table it's text
alignment properties are ignored and uses previous alignment of Justified.

Repro steps:
1. Delete any [Normal.dot] found
2. Create new document
3. Modify Normal to be Justified (All documents)
4. Insert some text (Justified)
5. Insert a table (Table style text alignment Left aligned)
6. On inspection Table text is Justified

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Mike

[Mike Faulkner]

Stefan
Many thanks.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

There is a peculiar connection between the formatting of the Normal style
and the text formatting in table styles (apparently, the behavior is by
design, for some reason). :-(

The setting of the table style should be honored if you change back the
Normal style to its default settings. (You could then use some other style
than Normal for the text in the document that should be justified; be sure
to add it to the template.)

However, it will be a lot easier not to modify the font and paragraph
settings for table styles but instead apply the appropriate *paragraph
style* to format the text in cells.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mike Faulkner" wrote in message
...
OS: Vista SP1
App: Word 2007 SP1

Hi

My Normal style is set to Justified. When I insert a table it's text
alignment properties are ignored and uses previous alignment of Justified.

Repro steps:
1. Delete any [Normal.dot] found
2. Create new document
3. Modify Normal to be Justified (All documents)
4. Insert some text (Justified)
5. Insert a table (Table style text alignment Left aligned)
6. On inspection Table text is Justified

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Mike

[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome.

FWIW, see also this article on table styles:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mike Faulkner" wrote in message
...
Stefan
Many thanks.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

There is a peculiar connection between the formatting of the Normal style
and the text formatting in table styles (apparently, the behavior is by
design, for some reason). :-(

The setting of the table style should be honored if you change back the
Normal style to its default settings. (You could then use some other
style
than Normal for the text in the document that should be justified; be
sure
to add it to the template.)

However, it will be a lot easier not to modify the font and paragraph
settings for table styles but instead apply the appropriate *paragraph
style* to format the text in cells.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mike Faulkner" wrote in message
...
OS: Vista SP1
App: Word 2007 SP1

Hi

My Normal style is set to Justified. When I insert a table it's text
alignment properties are ignored and uses previous alignment of
Justified.

Repro steps:
1. Delete any [Normal.dot] found
2. Create new document
3. Modify Normal to be Justified (All documents)
4. Insert some text (Justified)
5. Insert a table (Table style text alignment Left aligned)
6. On inspection Table text is Justified

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Mike

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Also of interest may be
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...BodyStyles.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You are welcome.

FWIW, see also this article on table styles:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mike Faulkner" wrote in message
...
Stefan
Many thanks.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

There is a peculiar connection between the formatting of the Normal
style
and the text formatting in table styles (apparently, the behavior is by
design, for some reason). :-(

The setting of the table style should be honored if you change back the
Normal style to its default settings. (You could then use some other
style
than Normal for the text in the document that should be justified; be
sure
to add it to the template.)

However, it will be a lot easier not to modify the font and paragraph
settings for table styles but instead apply the appropriate *paragraph
style* to format the text in cells.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mike Faulkner" wrote in
message
...
OS: Vista SP1
App: Word 2007 SP1

Hi

My Normal style is set to Justified. When I insert a table it's text
alignment properties are ignored and uses previous alignment of
Justified.

Repro steps:
1. Delete any [Normal.dot] found
2. Create new document
3. Modify Normal to be Justified (All documents)
4. Insert some text (Justified)
5. Insert a table (Table style text alignment Left aligned)
6. On inspection Table text is Justified

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Mike

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

Suzanne,

Sad to say, but as you probably know, the Word programmers have abandoned
your very sensible advice by setting Normal in W2007 to 1.15 line spacing
plus 10 points space after. I have been recommending to my corporate clients
that they change W2007's Normal to single spacing and no space after for the
reasons you give--I believe I got them from one of your answers some time ago.


PamC

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Also of interest may be
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...BodyStyles.htm

You are welcome.

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Regards
Mike

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