[Jules[_3_]]

PamC you can delete Table Grid (Table Style Normal) any time you like which
resets the Table Grid (table).

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Table style is a very good way to get that spacing row in. If, like me,
you
are formatting already created tables and rarely have two (out of, say, 20
in
a doc) of the same number of columns, merges, spans, and so forth, a table
style will suit the situation better than a preformatted grid.

Lots of people have trouble with table styles. I do too. Many of the
problems with table styles stem from setting text formatting (font, size,
alignment) in the table style and then trying to change it later with
paragraph styles or manual formatting. But the table style formatting
cannot
be cleared by regular means. Also, most number columns call for manual
formatting (such as centering in the column but aligning on the decimal
point)
, which may not work properly with table styles. How text in columns is
aligned depends on its length. Worse, the table style formatting may wipe
out
manual formatting you need to keep. Etc. So in many cases, it is best
not
put text settings in table styles, but to use paragraph styles to format
the
table text (table heading, table text, and two bullet levels is usually
enough).

To set up a spacer row in a table style, modify the last row (total row
in
W2007) and (ignoring the above about text setting) set the font size to
something small, line spacing to single, space after & before=0, cell
margins=0, row height=6 pt or what you choose. And of course the grid.
Be
sure to add the blank row to the existing table before you apply the table
style.

I create a new table style based on Table grid for each project. I apply
Table Grid to clear any previous table styling then my table style.

PamC












Jules wrote:
Yes Brian Table Grid uses Table Normal Style that is a default system
style-
any new tables you create will follow the format you set with that.

If that works for your purposes having every new table with this Table
Normal Style great.

I use base Table Grid (modified for all my default tables) which resides
in
Normal.dot or Normal.dotx but keep it very basic as tables are used in
1000s
of documents in many different ways every day and not all documents
require
the exact same table layout (borders being one of them)- tables can be
very
complex with merged cells and some rows have 1 column, some rows have 3
columns and so on - so the method of duplicating a row with format by
moving
to the table marker outside the row end and pressing return is the
quickest
way to duplicate a row for a user to add new information in the
appropriate
table row format.

Glad you resolved your problem.

Table styles are something I've never paid any attention to before, so
I don't really understand them.
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Brian

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