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Word 2007 loses table styles when saving to Word 2003 format
It appears that Word 2007 loses all table styles when saving a file to
Word 2003 format. When you re-open the file, the tables *look* exactly the same, but the table style is "Table Normal". It appears that the formatting of the table style has been replicated in lower-level formatting e.g. cell formatting. This loss of table styles occurs even when the table styles were originally applied in Word 2003. I stumbled across this problem using one computer, and "confirmed" it on another computer. After an hour or two of searching I couldn't find any discussion of this problem, let alone a fix for it. Any suggestions as to how I can get Word 2007 to save table styles when saving to Word 2003? If I can't convince Word 2007 to play nicely in this respect, I'll have to stop using table styles in my current project and do all table formatting "manually" with macros. |
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Word 2007 loses table styles when saving to Word 2003 format
This does seem like a serious bug, and AFAIK it has not previously been
noted. Wrt use of table styles (in earlier versions), see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "TimvG" wrote in message ... It appears that Word 2007 loses all table styles when saving a file to Word 2003 format. When you re-open the file, the tables *look* exactly the same, but the table style is "Table Normal". It appears that the formatting of the table style has been replicated in lower-level formatting e.g. cell formatting. This loss of table styles occurs even when the table styles were originally applied in Word 2003. I stumbled across this problem using one computer, and "confirmed" it on another computer. After an hour or two of searching I couldn't find any discussion of this problem, let alone a fix for it. Any suggestions as to how I can get Word 2007 to save table styles when saving to Word 2003? If I can't convince Word 2007 to play nicely in this respect, I'll have to stop using table styles in my current project and do all table formatting "manually" with macros. |
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Word 2007 loses table styles when saving to Word 2003 format
Just a clarification of the apparent bug when table styles are lost
when saving 2007 files to 2003 (document or template): The table style *definitions* are not lost. They survive in the 2003 file. The problem, rather, is that the tables lose their connection to the table style. They retain the formatting of the table style, but they now believe that they are Table Normal style with extra formatting applied on top. On Dec 4, 12:44*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This does seem like a serious bug, and AFAIK it has not previously been noted. Wrt use of table styles (in earlier versions), seehttp://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "TimvG" wrote in message ... It appears that Word 2007 loses all table styles when saving a file to Word 2003 format. When you re-open the file, the tables *look* exactly the same, but the table style is "Table Normal". *It appears that the formatting of the table style has been replicated in lower-level formatting e.g. cell formatting. This loss of table styles occurs even when the table styles were originally applied in Word 2003. I stumbled across this problem using one computer, and "confirmed" it on another computer. *After an hour or two of searching I couldn't find any discussion of this problem, let alone a fix for it. Any suggestions as to how I can get Word 2007 to save table styles when saving to Word 2003? If I can't convince Word 2007 to play nicely in this respect, I'll have to stop using table styles in my current project and do all table formatting "manually" with macros. |
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