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Auto-numbering bug in tables - Word 2003
For the last 4 months, we've begun seeing bizarre and frustrating behavior in
tables, where we're encountering an autonumbering bug only in Tables in our Word '03 specifications. We have created in our master spec template Annex headings 1-9 that use Alpha characters in the first number. While we've encountered the auto-numbering bug in that off and on, I've always been able to straighten it out eventually with persistence. However, now we're seeing cells in our tables being autonumbered with Annex Heading 3 numbering. The first time we encountered it was in a document that had 42 tables, and in 40 out of the 42 tables, every cell was "autonumbered". I discovered by chance that by putting the cursor anywhere in the table and clicking on the style "Table Grid" (which I'd never used before) it completely removed all numbering. I never figured out why it worked. Now, we have a 600+ page document with around 200 tables (specifications is our business) and now the auto-numbering Annex Heading 3 bug is back, but only in a few of the tables, and not all cells. Now it's autonumbering only those cells that were intentionally left blank, and clicking on "Table Grid" style doesn't work. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is anyone else finding that tables had degraded in Word 2003?? |
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Auto-numbering bug in tables - Word 2003
Might help if you explained the bug. All you mention is that in some tables
you've applied your number style to the entire table, rather than (presumably) the first column only. Read Help on table styles: you appear to have misunderstood what happens when you apply a style (such as Table Grid - which you DO use, whether you know it or not) to a table. "mtnbutterfli" wrote in message ... For the last 4 months, we've begun seeing bizarre and frustrating behavior in tables, where we're encountering an autonumbering bug only in Tables in our Word '03 specifications. We have created in our master spec template Annex headings 1-9 that use Alpha characters in the first number. While we've encountered the auto-numbering bug in that off and on, I've always been able to straighten it out eventually with persistence. However, now we're seeing cells in our tables being autonumbered with Annex Heading 3 numbering. The first time we encountered it was in a document that had 42 tables, and in 40 out of the 42 tables, every cell was "autonumbered". I discovered by chance that by putting the cursor anywhere in the table and clicking on the style "Table Grid" (which I'd never used before) it completely removed all numbering. I never figured out why it worked. Now, we have a 600+ page document with around 200 tables (specifications is our business) and now the auto-numbering Annex Heading 3 bug is back, but only in a few of the tables, and not all cells. Now it's autonumbering only those cells that were intentionally left blank, and clicking on "Table Grid" style doesn't work. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is anyone else finding that tables had degraded in Word 2003?? |
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Auto-numbering bug in tables - Word 2003
Hi,
I am not sure I can help you but I will tell you that Tables are very cool in the right environment. If you use autonumbering and press tab the next row will take on the format of the previous row and put in the autonumber automatically sometimes because of Table Grid and Options you have preset in your templates. You should NOT have these options checked. Your mission should you choose to accept it (just my sick humour) is to set your base Template (Normal.dot) or whatever your firm has as their global base template with the correct numbering styles which you seem to have done and to make them available to your users or this project's template. Basically you have to take control of your Template(s) options and styles. Secondly in this global template Normal.dot go to Tools Autocorrect Autoformat as You Type and uncheck all the boxes for apply as you type. Thirdly in Tools Options Autocorrect uncheck all the boxes in Toosl Autoformat Apply. Both these boxes create automation in documents which is your problem. You DO NOT want these features as your default attributes so UNCHECK the automation. Also on your template set your Table and save it as an autotext to your global autotext template and REMOVE style TABLE GRID (my personal preference). This allows your style be it Normal, Body Text, Table Body or Heading 1 2 3 4 etc to be the controller of your tables to be defined and saved in Autotext. You will now almost be in full CONTROL of your Tables. Table Grid likes to exist but you can and must remove it. You will have no further problems. The base Normal.dot template and your Template for this project must have this default formatting applied and be downloaded to all Users from the server. To have CONTROL of documents you must be in CONTROL of base Options you provide to your users. You may also need to use a little bit of VBA magic to make sure those Users who make edits to the documents have the correct Normal.dot settings. You can code specific VBA in Document_New and Open or AutoNew to make sure Autocorrect is set up correctly every time a user deals with any template. What happens is that you have these features turned on on some machines and people make changes and so on and half is automated (forcing numbers) because the options are on and the other is fine because others don't have these options turned on and on it goes. The power user Options come into play. Remember you can also automate with a little VBA magic to ensure you have no further problems with user's set up options. Always get the BASICS right and the rest will follow as with most things. Since I cannot see your document I do hope this resolves your Table issues. Regards Janine www.docsonline.net.au "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Might help if you explained the bug. All you mention is that in some tables you've applied your number style to the entire table, rather than (presumably) the first column only. Read Help on table styles: you appear to have misunderstood what happens when you apply a style (such as Table Grid - which you DO use, whether you know it or not) to a table. "mtnbutterfli" wrote in message ... For the last 4 months, we've begun seeing bizarre and frustrating behavior in tables, where we're encountering an autonumbering bug only in Tables in our Word '03 specifications. We have created in our master spec template Annex headings 1-9 that use Alpha characters in the first number. While we've encountered the auto-numbering bug in that off and on, I've always been able to straighten it out eventually with persistence. However, now we're seeing cells in our tables being autonumbered with Annex Heading 3 numbering. The first time we encountered it was in a document that had 42 tables, and in 40 out of the 42 tables, every cell was "autonumbered". I discovered by chance that by putting the cursor anywhere in the table and clicking on the style "Table Grid" (which I'd never used before) it completely removed all numbering. I never figured out why it worked. Now, we have a 600+ page document with around 200 tables (specifications is our business) and now the auto-numbering Annex Heading 3 bug is back, but only in a few of the tables, and not all cells. Now it's autonumbering only those cells that were intentionally left blank, and clicking on "Table Grid" style doesn't work. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is anyone else finding that tables had degraded in Word 2003?? |
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