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Update Existing Tables in a prevously created doucment.
I know how to create a new default table, but is there a way to update all
existing tables automatically with the new default styles other than going to each table and applying this new format? My new format repeats the header row, doesn't allow breaking and is a blue color. |
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Update Existing Tables in a prevously created doucment.
There is a command, TableUpdateAutoFormat, that has the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+U.
Ordinarily what this does (and very usefully, too) is remove borders from the default Table Grid table and render it Table Normal. But if you have selected another style as your default AutoFormat, it might be worth a shot to select the entire document, press Ctrl+A, and then Ctrl+Alt+U. If the results are not favorable, Ctrl+Z to Undo. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CWHelp" wrote in message ... I know how to create a new default table, but is there a way to update all existing tables automatically with the new default styles other than going to each table and applying this new format? My new format repeats the header row, doesn't allow breaking and is a blue color. |
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Update Existing Tables in a prevously created doucment.
Yes, it apparently applies Table Normal as direct formatting. (It does
not seem to care whether you have set some other style as the default Table AutoFormat style.) This is completely at variance with the official description, which claims that it re-applies the previously applied Table AutoFormat style. As far as I know it has never done this. Do you have any idea what is behind the discrepancy between the official description and the surface truth? Bob S On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:57:09 -0500, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: There is a command, TableUpdateAutoFormat, that has the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+U. Ordinarily what this does (and very usefully, too) is remove borders from the default Table Grid table and render it Table Normal. But if you have selected another style as your default AutoFormat, it might be worth a shot to select the entire document, press Ctrl+A, and then Ctrl+Alt+U. If the results are not favorable, Ctrl+Z to Undo. |
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Update Existing Tables in a prevously created doucment.
Not a clue. But it wouldn't be the first time a Word feature (a) was
undocumented and/or (b) did something different from what it purported to do. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bob S" wrote in message ... Yes, it apparently applies Table Normal as direct formatting. (It does not seem to care whether you have set some other style as the default Table AutoFormat style.) This is completely at variance with the official description, which claims that it re-applies the previously applied Table AutoFormat style. As far as I know it has never done this. Do you have any idea what is behind the discrepancy between the official description and the surface truth? Bob S On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:57:09 -0500, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: There is a command, TableUpdateAutoFormat, that has the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+U. Ordinarily what this does (and very usefully, too) is remove borders from the default Table Grid table and render it Table Normal. But if you have selected another style as your default AutoFormat, it might be worth a shot to select the entire document, press Ctrl+A, and then Ctrl+Alt+U. If the results are not favorable, Ctrl+Z to Undo. |
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