Thanks, that worked. First I needed to create a new table style (in Table
Autoformat) with the required formatting and then as you say select this
table style and click on the Default button.

"Klaus Linke" wrote:

"IanS" wrote:
When I create a table in Word, I almost always want to set the table
so that rows do not break across pages and so that the first row of
the table is a heading row. How do I setup word so that the default
tables it creates have this format?


In Word2003 (not sure about other versions), you can also set up a table
style the way you want, and click on "Standard..." (I guess, or perhaps
"Default..." in the English version?) in "Table AutoFormat".

Greetings,
Klaus