Font color won't change in header row of my Table style

Yes, I was able to create the style in another document, but for some reason,
when I used Organizer to copy it over to my template, it resets the header
color to black. I also tried to copy the style from the new document into my
source document, but it resets the color to gray (not black, though).

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

> Can you successfully modify the Table Grid style in another document? If so,
> you could then use the Organizer (Tools | Templates and Add-Ins, Organizer
> button) to copy it to the document where you are unable to modify it.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
> "C1ER" <C1ER.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CD7D1D83-CF69-4213-98D6-4295F2521ACA@microsoft.com...
> >I created a table style based on Table Grid (Word 2003 SP3). I applied a
> >blue
> > font color to the header row. I also set the font, font size, and bold for
> > the header row. These settings are applied, but the header row color will
> > not
> > change no matter what I set the color to - it resets it to black every
> > time.
> > How can I get my style to accept blue for the header row color? Please
> > help.
> > TIA!
>
>
>
>

If you *reapply* the copied table style to the relevant table(s), does that
make a difference? You can use Ctrl+Alt+U to clear the formatting and then
just apply the style again.

Also, if you are referring to the text color, as opposed to the cell
shading, note that table styles are a bit tricky with respect to those
settings, as explained at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html. Applying the
desired paragraph style to the text should work better.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"C1ER" <C1ER DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8B303EB-5753-49F8-835F-8629552260AC@microsoft.com...
> Yes, I was able to create the style in another document, but for some
> reason,
> when I used Organizer to copy it over to my template, it resets the header
> color to black. I also tried to copy the style from the new document into
> my
> source document, but it resets the color to gray (not black, though).
>
> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>
>> Can you successfully modify the Table Grid style in another document? If
>> so,
>> you could then use the Organizer (Tools | Templates and Add-Ins,
>> Organizer
>> button) to copy it to the document where you are unable to modify it.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>>
>> "C1ER" <C1ER DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CD7D1D83-CF69-4213-98D6-4295F2521ACA@microsoft.com...
>> >I created a table style based on Table Grid (Word 2003 SP3). I applied a
>> >blue
>> > font color to the header row. I also set the font, font size, and bold
>> > for
>> > the header row. These settings are applied, but the header row color
>> > will
>> > not
>> > change no matter what I set the color to - it resets it to black every
>> > time.
>> > How can I get my style to accept blue for the header row color? Please
>> > help.
>> > TIA!
>>
>>
>>
>>

Reapplying the table style doesn't work, either, unfortunately. Thanks for
the article - this is helpful, and now I know I'm not crazy. I think we'll
just go with the table style and accept the black text. Thanks for all your
help!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

> If you *reapply* the copied table style to the relevant table(s), does that
> make a difference? You can use Ctrl+Alt+U to clear the formatting and then
> just apply the style again.
>
> Also, if you are referring to the text color, as opposed to the cell
> shading, note that table styles are a bit tricky with respect to those
> settings, as explained at
> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html. Applying the
> desired paragraph style to the text should work better.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
> "C1ER" <C1ER.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A8B303EB-5753-49F8-835F-8629552260AC@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, I was able to create the style in another document, but for some
> > reason,
> > when I used Organizer to copy it over to my template, it resets the header
> > color to black. I also tried to copy the style from the new document into
> > my
> > source document, but it resets the color to gray (not black, though).
> >
> > "Stefan Blom" wrote:
> >
> >> Can you successfully modify the Table Grid style in another document? If
> >> so,
> >> you could then use the Organizer (Tools | Templates and Add-Ins,
> >> Organizer
> >> button) to copy it to the document where you are unable to modify it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Stefan Blom
> >> Microsoft Word MVP
> >>
> >>
> >> "C1ER" <C1ER.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CD7D1D83-CF69-4213-98D6-4295F2521ACA@microsoft.com...
> >> >I created a table style based on Table Grid (Word 2003 SP3). I applied a
> >> >blue
> >> > font color to the header row. I also set the font, font size, and bold
> >> > for
> >> > the header row. These settings are applied, but the header row color
> >> > will
> >> > not
> >> > change no matter what I set the color to - it resets it to black every
> >> > time.
> >> > How can I get my style to accept blue for the header row color? Please
> >> > help.
> >> > TIA!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Also, have you modified the color of the "Normal" paragraph styles?

The "Normal" paragraph style is applied to all table cells. Unfortunately,
if you've modified some property of the Normal style, that will be applied
in the table style too... You can't define that property in the table style
any more.

So, if you use table styles, it's best to leave the Normal paragraph style
untouched from its default.

Regards,
Klaus

No, I didn't change the Normal paragraph style, but I thought this might be
where it's picking up the black/Auto text setting. Thanks for the info!

"Klaus Linke" wrote:

> Also, have you modified the color of the "Normal" paragraph styles?
>
> The "Normal" paragraph style is applied to all table cells. Unfortunately,
> if you've modified some property of the Normal style, that will be applied
> in the table style too... You can't define that property in the table style
> any more.
>
> So, if you use table styles, it's best to leave the Normal paragraph style
> untouched from its default.
>
> Regards,
> Klaus
>
>

Thank you for the feedback.

Note that you can save an example table, formatted the way you want it, as
an AutoText entry and then insert the AutoText whenever you want that
particular formatting.

By using AutoText entries, you avoid the problems with table styles but, of
course, unless you want to try macros there is no way to automatically
update the formatting of existing tables inserted as AutoTexts.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"C1ER" <C1ER.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F83BBAEE-F234-446A-8FDE-3EBB989A15E6@microsoft.com...
> Reapplying the table style doesn't work, either, unfortunately. Thanks for
> the article - this is helpful, and now I know I'm not crazy. I think we'll
> just go with the table style and accept the black text. Thanks for all
> your
> help!
>
> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>
>> If you *reapply* the copied table style to the relevant table(s), does
>> that
>> make a difference? You can use Ctrl+Alt+U to clear the formatting and
>> then
>> just apply the style again.
>>
>> Also, if you are referring to the text color, as opposed to the cell
>> shading, note that table styles are a bit tricky with respect to those
>> settings, as explained at
>> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html. Applying the
>> desired paragraph style to the text should work better.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>>
>> "C1ER" <C1ER.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A8B303EB-5753-49F8-835F-8629552260AC@microsoft.com...
>> > Yes, I was able to create the style in another document, but for some
>> > reason,
>> > when I used Organizer to copy it over to my template, it resets the
>> > header
>> > color to black. I also tried to copy the style from the new document
>> > into
>> > my
>> > source document, but it resets the color to gray (not black, though).
>> >
>> > "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Can you successfully modify the Table Grid style in another document?
>> >> If
>> >> so,
>> >> you could then use the Organizer (Tools | Templates and Add-Ins,
>> >> Organizer
>> >> button) to copy it to the document where you are unable to modify it.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Stefan Blom
>> >> Microsoft Word MVP
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "C1ER" <C1ER.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CD7D1D83-CF69-4213-98D6-4295F2521ACA@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I created a table style based on Table Grid (Word 2003 SP3). I
>> >> >applied a
>> >> >blue
>> >> > font color to the header row. I also set the font, font size, and
>> >> > bold
>> >> > for
>> >> > the header row. These settings are applied, but the header row color
>> >> > will
>> >> > not
>> >> > change no matter what I set the color to - it resets it to black
>> >> > every
>> >> > time.
>> >> > How can I get my style to accept blue for the header row color?
>> >> > Please
>> >> > help.
>> >> > TIA!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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