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Update Existing Tables in a prevously created doucment.
CWHelp 02.06.2006 16:54:01
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.
Re: Update Existing Tables in a prevously created doucment.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 02.06.2006 19:57:09
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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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"CWHelp" <CWHelp[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text]
> 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.

Re: Update Existing Tables in a prevously created doucment.
Bob S <notarealaddress[ at ]110.net> 22.06.2006 19:53:12
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:

[Quoted Text]
>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.

Re: Update Existing Tables in a prevously created doucment.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 22.06.2006 20:43:31
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" <notarealaddress[ at ]110.net> wrote in message
news:qa1h92hgk0nbdk1e93incudhda73vc2skb[ at ]4ax.com...
[Quoted Text]
> 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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