[leewilmott]

I am using Word 2007 SP2.

I am in the process of creating a Word template for our organisation.

I have created a Table Style and wish to delete all the other built-in table
styles from the gallery so that our users only select table styles that have
been approved.

Deleting Text Styles from the Gallery is easy and obvious...ie. "Right click
it from the Gallery and select 'Remove from Quick Style Gallery'".

....but...how do I remove the Table Styles from the Quick Style Gallery?

Can anyone help me?

Many thanks,

Lee

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

As far as I know, you cannot hide the built-in table styles. :-(

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"leewilmott" wrote in message
...
I am using Word 2007 SP2.

I am in the process of creating a Word template for our organisation.

I have created a Table Style and wish to delete all the other built-in
table
styles from the gallery so that our users only select table styles that
have
been approved.

Deleting Text Styles from the Gallery is easy and obvious...ie. "Right
click
it from the Gallery and select 'Remove from Quick Style Gallery'".

...but...how do I remove the Table Styles from the Quick Style Gallery?

Can anyone help me?

Many thanks,

Lee

[Jay Freedman]

I think you can -- at least it looks like it to me, though this isn't an
area I've studied much.

Open the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and click the Manage Styles button
at the bottom. Click the Restrict tab of the dialog. Set the sort order to
"By type". Select the table styles -- all the ones that start with Colorful,
Dark, Light, or Medium -- and then click the Restrict button. When you click
OK (and optionally supply a password), those styles will disappear from the
Table Styles gallery.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Stefan Blom wrote:
As far as I know, you cannot hide the built-in table styles. :-(


"leewilmott" wrote in message
...
I am using Word 2007 SP2.

I am in the process of creating a Word template for our organisation.

I have created a Table Style and wish to delete all the other
built-in table
styles from the gallery so that our users only select table styles
that have
been approved.

Deleting Text Styles from the Gallery is easy and obvious...ie.
"Right click
it from the Gallery and select 'Remove from Quick Style Gallery'".

...but...how do I remove the Table Styles from the Quick Style
Gallery? Can anyone help me?

Many thanks,

Lee

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

You are right: it does work.

I thought I tested exactly what you suggested yesterday, but apparently I
overlooked something.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
I think you can -- at least it looks like it to me, though this isn't an
area I've studied much.

Open the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and click the Manage Styles button
at the bottom. Click the Restrict tab of the dialog. Set the sort order to
"By type". Select the table styles -- all the ones that start with
Colorful, Dark, Light, or Medium -- and then click the Restrict button.
When you click OK (and optionally supply a password), those styles will
disappear from the Table Styles gallery.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.

Stefan Blom wrote:
As far as I know, you cannot hide the built-in table styles. :-(


"leewilmott" wrote in message
...
I am using Word 2007 SP2.

I am in the process of creating a Word template for our organisation.

I have created a Table Style and wish to delete all the other
built-in table
styles from the gallery so that our users only select table styles
that have
been approved.

Deleting Text Styles from the Gallery is easy and obvious...ie.
"Right click
it from the Gallery and select 'Remove from Quick Style Gallery'".

...but...how do I remove the Table Styles from the Quick Style
Gallery? Can anyone help me?

Many thanks,

Lee

[leewilmott]

Stefan and Jay,

Many thanks for your prompt replies...Sorry I haven't replied sooner, but I
was trying your suggestions.

It appears to me that in order to hide the default table styles you need to
enable the "Limit formatting to permitted styles" option...this then prevents
you from using bold/italics/etc...etc...etc...

Am I doing this correct? Is what I want to do possible?

You would think that hiding the default table styles would be such a simple
thing to do (it's easy to delete/hide the text styles - why are table styles
treated differently?).

I look forward to your replies.

Lee


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You are right: it does work.

I thought I tested exactly what you suggested yesterday, but apparently I
overlooked something.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
I think you can -- at least it looks like it to me, though this isn't an
area I've studied much.

Open the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and click the Manage Styles button
at the bottom. Click the Restrict tab of the dialog. Set the sort order to
"By type". Select the table styles -- all the ones that start with
Colorful, Dark, Light, or Medium -- and then click the Restrict button.
When you click OK (and optionally supply a password), those styles will
disappear from the Table Styles gallery.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.

Stefan Blom wrote:
As far as I know, you cannot hide the built-in table styles. :-(


"leewilmott" wrote in message
...
I am using Word 2007 SP2.

I am in the process of creating a Word template for our organisation.

I have created a Table Style and wish to delete all the other
built-in table
styles from the gallery so that our users only select table styles
that have
been approved.

Deleting Text Styles from the Gallery is easy and obvious...ie.
"Right click
it from the Gallery and select 'Remove from Quick Style Gallery'".

...but...how do I remove the Table Styles from the Quick Style
Gallery? Can anyone help me?

Many thanks,

Lee

[Jay Freedman]

Lee,

You're correct that the styles are removed from the Table Style gallery only
if "Limit formatting to permitted styles" is checked (or the equivalent
setting on the Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane). You can turn that
on and then use the Strong and Emphasis character styles along with custom
styles to allow other formatting. That's only a partial answer, though,
because you can only apply one character style at a time to any one piece of
text.

I can't tell you why it's this way. It's seemed to me that table styles have
been unnecessarily complicated and different from other styles ever since
they were introduced.

Jay

leewilmott wrote:
Stefan and Jay,

Many thanks for your prompt replies...Sorry I haven't replied sooner,
but I was trying your suggestions.

It appears to me that in order to hide the default table styles you
need to enable the "Limit formatting to permitted styles"
option...this then prevents you from using
bold/italics/etc...etc...etc...

Am I doing this correct? Is what I want to do possible?

You would think that hiding the default table styles would be such a
simple thing to do (it's easy to delete/hide the text styles - why
are table styles treated differently?).

I look forward to your replies.

Lee


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You are right: it does work.

I thought I tested exactly what you suggested yesterday, but
apparently I overlooked something.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
I think you can -- at least it looks like it to me, though this
isn't an area I've studied much.

Open the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and click the Manage Styles
button at the bottom. Click the Restrict tab of the dialog. Set the
sort order to "By type". Select the table styles -- all the ones
that start with Colorful, Dark, Light, or Medium -- and then click
the Restrict button. When you click OK (and optionally supply a
password), those styles will disappear from the Table Styles
gallery.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Stefan Blom wrote:
As far as I know, you cannot hide the built-in table styles. :-(


"leewilmott" wrote in
message ...
I am using Word 2007 SP2.

I am in the process of creating a Word template for our
organisation.

I have created a Table Style and wish to delete all the other
built-in table
styles from the gallery so that our users only select table styles
that have
been approved.

Deleting Text Styles from the Gallery is easy and obvious...ie.
"Right click
it from the Gallery and select 'Remove from Quick Style Gallery'".

...but...how do I remove the Table Styles from the Quick Style
Gallery? Can anyone help me?

Many thanks,

Lee