Cell Formatting Doesn't Stick "Becky Carter Hickman-Jones" <bchj[ at ]bigscaryanimal.org> 04.08.2006 17:06:41 I've been having a problem for a while now, and it's mystifying. After I create a table using Table > Insert Table..., I format the cells in the table using paragraph styles designed for table cells. Sometimes, when I apply the Table Cell Left style to a cell that is center aligned during the creation of the table, the formatting will apply, and then within a second, it pops right back to center aligned. No matter what I do, the formatting does not stay put, and I can't understand why. Is there a table setting that prevents this formatting from sticking? Or is there something else I need to do before I apply a new style? It seems odd because in regular paragraph text, this would "never" happen. This quirk is not consistent, and fortunately not frequent, but it's irritating nonetheless. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks, Beck

Re: Cell Formatting Doesn't Stick "Shauna Kelly" <ShaunaKelly[ at ]SendNoSpamToShaunaKelly.com> 05.08.2006 07:33:47 Hi Beck What you are probably experiencing is a clash between the underlying table style and the paragraph style of the text. I'm not a fan of table styles (for the reasons, see Why I don't use Custom Table Styles in Microsoft Word 2002 and 2003 http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html If you're not intentionally using a table style to create your tables, then set the default table style to something innocuous (either Table Grid or, to avoid a different set of problems, Table Normal). To do that, do Table > Insert > Table. Click the AutoFormat button and choose Table Grid (Word's default) or Table Normal (plain with no borders). Now, click Default and make this the default table style. By the way, if you often have to insert tables formatted with certain paragraph styles, you could make yourself a sample table, with no content but formatted as you'd like. Then select it and save it as an AutoText. You can then invoke the AutoText in several ways. For example, you could put a button on a toolbar and with one click you could insert a table formatted just as you'd like. For more info see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Becky Carter Hickman-Jones" <bchj[ at ]bigscaryanimal.org> wrote in message news:GuqdnYw3Hq6v407ZnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d[ at ]giganews.com... [Quoted Text] > I've been having a problem for a while now, and it's mystifying. After I > create a table using Table > Insert Table..., I format the cells in the > table using paragraph styles designed for table cells. Sometimes, when I > apply the Table Cell Left style to a cell that is center aligned during > the > creation of the table, the formatting will apply, and then within a > second, > it pops right back to center aligned. No matter what I do, the formatting > does not stay put, and I can't understand why. > > Is there a table setting that prevents this formatting from sticking? Or > is > there something else I need to do before I apply a new style? It seems odd > because in regular paragraph text, this would "never" happen. > > This quirk is not consistent, and fortunately not frequent, but it's > irritating nonetheless. > > I would appreciate any advice. > > Thanks, > Beck > >

Re: Cell Formatting Doesn't Stick "Becky Carter Hickman-Jones" <bchj[ at ]bigscaryanimal.org> 07.08.2006 21:14:38 Hi Shauna, Thanks a lot. I figured it was a style issue, but I couldn't remember where to look. Your help was excellent. Now I've got templates to change!! Cheers, Becky "Shauna Kelly" <ShaunaKelly[ at ]SendNoSpamToShaunaKelly.com> wrote in message news:u%23n7lGGuGHA.1888[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi Beck > > What you are probably experiencing is a clash between the underlying table > style and the paragraph style of the text. > > I'm not a fan of table styles (for the reasons, see > Why I don't use Custom Table Styles in Microsoft Word 2002 and 2003 > http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html > > If you're not intentionally using a table style to create your tables, then > set the default table style to something innocuous (either Table Grid or, to > avoid a different set of problems, Table Normal). To do that, do Table > > Insert > Table. Click the AutoFormat button and choose Table Grid (Word's > default) or Table Normal (plain with no borders). Now, click Default and > make this the default table style. > > By the way, if you often have to insert tables formatted with certain > paragraph styles, you could make yourself a sample table, with no content > but formatted as you'd like. Then select it and save it as an AutoText. You > can then invoke the AutoText in several ways. For example, you could put a > button on a toolbar and with one click you could insert a table formatted > just as you'd like. For more info see > http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm > > Hope this helps. > > Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word > > > "Becky Carter Hickman-Jones" <bchj[ at ]bigscaryanimal.org> wrote in message > news:GuqdnYw3Hq6v407ZnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d[ at ]giganews.com... > > I've been having a problem for a while now, and it's mystifying. After I > > create a table using Table > Insert Table..., I format the cells in the > > table using paragraph styles designed for table cells. Sometimes, when I > > apply the Table Cell Left style to a cell that is center aligned during > > the > > creation of the table, the formatting will apply, and then within a > > second, > > it pops right back to center aligned. No matter what I do, the formatting > > does not stay put, and I can't understand why. > > > > Is there a table setting that prevents this formatting from sticking? Or > > is > > there something else I need to do before I apply a new style? It seems odd > > because in regular paragraph text, this would "never" happen. > > > > This quirk is not consistent, and fortunately not frequent, but it's > > irritating nonetheless. > > > > I would appreciate any advice. > > > > Thanks, > > Beck > > > > > >

Re: Cell Formatting Doesn't Stick "Shauna Kelly" <ShaunaKelly[ at ]SendNoSpamToShaunaKelly.com> 07.08.2006 21:22:51 Hi Becky I'm glad it helped. Shauna Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Becky Carter Hickman-Jones" <bchj[ at ]bigscaryanimal.org> wrote in message news:SradnaQ1Kr5QMUrZnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d[ at ]giganews.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi Shauna, > > Thanks a lot. I figured it was a style issue, but I couldn't remember > where > to look. Your help was excellent. Now I've got templates to change!! > > Cheers, > Becky > > "Shauna Kelly" <ShaunaKelly[ at ]SendNoSpamToShaunaKelly.com> wrote in message > news:u%23n7lGGuGHA.1888[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Hi Beck >> >> What you are probably experiencing is a clash between the underlying >> table >> style and the paragraph style of the text. >> >> I'm not a fan of table styles (for the reasons, see >> Why I don't use Custom Table Styles in Microsoft Word 2002 and 2003 >> http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html >> >> If you're not intentionally using a table style to create your tables, > then >> set the default table style to something innocuous (either Table Grid or, > to >> avoid a different set of problems, Table Normal). To do that, do Table > >> Insert > Table. Click the AutoFormat button and choose Table Grid (Word's >> default) or Table Normal (plain with no borders). Now, click Default and >> make this the default table style. >> >> By the way, if you often have to insert tables formatted with certain >> paragraph styles, you could make yourself a sample table, with no content >> but formatted as you'd like. Then select it and save it as an AutoText. > You >> can then invoke the AutoText in several ways. For example, you could put > a >> button on a toolbar and with one click you could insert a table formatted >> just as you'd like. For more info see >> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. >> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word >> >> >> "Becky Carter Hickman-Jones" <bchj[ at ]bigscaryanimal.org> wrote in message >> news:GuqdnYw3Hq6v407ZnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d[ at ]giganews.com... >> > I've been having a problem for a while now, and it's mystifying. After >> > I >> > create a table using Table > Insert Table..., I format the cells in the >> > table using paragraph styles designed for table cells. Sometimes, when >> > I >> > apply the Table Cell Left style to a cell that is center aligned during >> > the >> > creation of the table, the formatting will apply, and then within a >> > second, >> > it pops right back to center aligned. No matter what I do, the > formatting >> > does not stay put, and I can't understand why. >> > >> > Is there a table setting that prevents this formatting from sticking? >> > Or >> > is >> > there something else I need to do before I apply a new style? It seems > odd >> > because in regular paragraph text, this would "never" happen. >> > >> > This quirk is not consistent, and fortunately not frequent, but it's >> > irritating nonetheless. >> > >> > I would appreciate any advice. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Beck >> > >> > >> >> > >