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Template Table Styles
Hello,
I'm creating a new template and want to lock down the available styles by 1) removing the built-in Table Styles 2) creating a new table style with fixed borders and text styles but variable size (either taking up the full width of the page or less than the full width but centered) 3) lining up the borders of the table with the body text (as opposed to aligning the table text with the body text) Thanks! Kate |
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Template Table Styles
1. You cannot delete the built-in table styles, but you can set a custom
table style as the default. 2. Word table styles don't store any dimensions. What you can do is create an example table with the desired settings, and then save it as an AutoText entry. 3. To accomplish this, set the cell margins to zero in the Table Options dialog box. To open the dialog box, right-click the table and click Table Properties on the context menu. Then click the Options button on the Table tab. Note that cell margins can be set in a table style and, of course, also saved as a table AutoText entry. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Kate" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm creating a new template and want to lock down the available styles by 1) removing the built-in Table Styles 2) creating a new table style with fixed borders and text styles but variable size (either taking up the full width of the page or less than the full width but centered) 3) lining up the borders of the table with the body text (as opposed to aligning the table text with the body text) Thanks! Kate |
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Template Table Styles
Thanks Stefan! That was very helpful.
I've created my custom table style and set it as the default. When I create a new table, however, the text in the table has the same formatting as the previous paragraph rather than the formatting defined in the default table. How can I lock down the default table style so table text is consistent throughout the document, regardless of the body text where the table is inserted? Cheers, Kate |
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Template Table Styles
Unfortunately, the font formatting of table styles is tied to that of the
Normal style. Hopefully, you can work around this by applying some style to the table cells (but see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html for complications). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Kate" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan! That was very helpful. I've created my custom table style and set it as the default. When I create a new table, however, the text in the table has the same formatting as the previous paragraph rather than the formatting defined in the default table. How can I lock down the default table style so table text is consistent throughout the document, regardless of the body text where the table is inserted? Cheers, Kate |
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