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tables: automatically set header and body row styles?
When I select a table style, the border, row, and column properties are
automatically set, but any text I type into the table is "Normal." As I develop a template for others' use, how can I enforce table-specific formatting? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield |
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tables: automatically set header and body row styles?
You can modify the font of the table style, but note that this doesn't
necessarily work properly (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html). Instead, apply the appropriate paragraph styles to the (text of) the heading row. If you frequently format tables in a certain manner, you may want to create an AutoText based on a table with the desired table formatting and paragraph styles already applied. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: When I select a table style, the border, row, and column properties are automatically set, but any text I type into the table is "Normal." As I develop a template for others' use, how can I enforce table-specific formatting? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield |
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tables: automatically set header and body row styles?
Given the limited utility of table styles, how can I best approach ensuring
consistent look-and-feel of tables in documents produced from a widely distributed template? Perhaps Quick Tables? If so, is there a way to disallow other ways of inserting tables for those who use my template? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can modify the font of the table style, but note that this doesn't necessarily work properly (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html). Instead, apply the appropriate paragraph styles to the (text of) the heading row. If you frequently format tables in a certain manner, you may want to create an AutoText based on a table with the desired table formatting and paragraph styles already applied. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: When I select a table style, the border, row, and column properties are automatically set, but any text I type into the table is "Normal." As I develop a template for others' use, how can I enforce table-specific formatting? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield |
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tables: automatically set header and body row styles?
Excuse this additional message. I found it necessary to reply once more so I
could check the box for automatic reply notification. "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: Given the limited utility of table styles, how can I best approach ensuring consistent look-and-feel of tables in documents produced from a widely distributed template? Perhaps Quick Tables? If so, is there a way to disallow other ways of inserting tables for those who use my template? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can modify the font of the table style, but note that this doesn't necessarily work properly (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html). Instead, apply the appropriate paragraph styles to the (text of) the heading row. If you frequently format tables in a certain manner, you may want to create an AutoText based on a table with the desired table formatting and paragraph styles already applied. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: When I select a table style, the border, row, and column properties are automatically set, but any text I type into the table is "Normal." As I develop a template for others' use, how can I enforce table-specific formatting? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield |
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tables: automatically set header and body row styles?
Yes, you can use Quick Tables; just like AutoTexts, Quick Tables are a kind
of Building Blocks. I don't see a good way to force users to make use of Quick Tables, though. As far as I know, whenever a document allows you to use Quick Tables, it also allows you to manually format a table. Perhaps you could control this with a macro (ask in a programming newsgroup such as microsoft.public.word.vba.general), but you may not find it worth the effort. Instead, teach the users how to insert the Quick Table. To simplify the task for them, you could assign a keyboard shortcut to it (via Word Options, Customize category). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote in message ... Excuse this additional message. I found it necessary to reply once more so I could check the box for automatic reply notification. "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: Given the limited utility of table styles, how can I best approach ensuring consistent look-and-feel of tables in documents produced from a widely distributed template? Perhaps Quick Tables? If so, is there a way to disallow other ways of inserting tables for those who use my template? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can modify the font of the table style, but note that this doesn't necessarily work properly (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html). Instead, apply the appropriate paragraph styles to the (text of) the heading row. If you frequently format tables in a certain manner, you may want to create an AutoText based on a table with the desired table formatting and paragraph styles already applied. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: When I select a table style, the border, row, and column properties are automatically set, but any text I type into the table is "Normal." As I develop a template for others' use, how can I enforce table-specific formatting? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield |
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tables: automatically set header and body row styles?
The issue I'm worried about is inadvertent misformatting by inserting tables
"the old-fashioned way" (from Word 2003 - Insert Table) and then simply typing into them, which produces "Normal" style text. From your reply I take it that the only way to avoid this inadvertent misformatting of text in a new table is to use a Quick Table. Is that right? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield "Stefan Blom" wrote: Yes, you can use Quick Tables; just like AutoTexts, Quick Tables are a kind of Building Blocks. I don't see a good way to force users to make use of Quick Tables, though. As far as I know, whenever a document allows you to use Quick Tables, it also allows you to manually format a table. Perhaps you could control this with a macro (ask in a programming newsgroup such as microsoft.public.word.vba.general), but you may not find it worth the effort. Instead, teach the users how to insert the Quick Table. To simplify the task for them, you could assign a keyboard shortcut to it (via Word Options, Customize category). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote in message ... Excuse this additional message. I found it necessary to reply once more so I could check the box for automatic reply notification. "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: Given the limited utility of table styles, how can I best approach ensuring consistent look-and-feel of tables in documents produced from a widely distributed template? Perhaps Quick Tables? If so, is there a way to disallow other ways of inserting tables for those who use my template? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can modify the font of the table style, but note that this doesn't necessarily work properly (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html). Instead, apply the appropriate paragraph styles to the (text of) the heading row. If you frequently format tables in a certain manner, you may want to create an AutoText based on a table with the desired table formatting and paragraph styles already applied. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: When I select a table style, the border, row, and column properties are automatically set, but any text I type into the table is "Normal." As I develop a template for others' use, how can I enforce table-specific formatting? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield |
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tables: automatically set header and body row styles?
A custom Quick Table (or just an ordinary AutoText entry containing a table)
will provide the formatting and/or contents that you want, but you can never prevent users from making changes if they are determined to do so. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote in message ... The issue I'm worried about is inadvertent misformatting by inserting tables "the old-fashioned way" (from Word 2003 - Insert Table) and then simply typing into them, which produces "Normal" style text. From your reply I take it that the only way to avoid this inadvertent misformatting of text in a new table is to use a Quick Table. Is that right? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield "Stefan Blom" wrote: Yes, you can use Quick Tables; just like AutoTexts, Quick Tables are a kind of Building Blocks. I don't see a good way to force users to make use of Quick Tables, though. As far as I know, whenever a document allows you to use Quick Tables, it also allows you to manually format a table. Perhaps you could control this with a macro (ask in a programming newsgroup such as microsoft.public.word.vba.general), but you may not find it worth the effort. Instead, teach the users how to insert the Quick Table. To simplify the task for them, you could assign a keyboard shortcut to it (via Word Options, Customize category). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote in message ... Excuse this additional message. I found it necessary to reply once more so I could check the box for automatic reply notification. "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: Given the limited utility of table styles, how can I best approach ensuring consistent look-and-feel of tables in documents produced from a widely distributed template? Perhaps Quick Tables? If so, is there a way to disallow other ways of inserting tables for those who use my template? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can modify the font of the table style, but note that this doesn't necessarily work properly (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html). Instead, apply the appropriate paragraph styles to the (text of) the heading row. If you frequently format tables in a certain manner, you may want to create an AutoText based on a table with the desired table formatting and paragraph styles already applied. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Pamela Denchfield" wrote: When I select a table style, the border, row, and column properties are automatically set, but any text I type into the table is "Normal." As I develop a template for others' use, how can I enforce table-specific formatting? -- Thanks, Pamela Denchfield |
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