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

Indeed, using paragraph styles to format the text in cells is better than
changing the font properties for the table style.

And, of course, the approach can be successfully combined with the AutoText
approach that I described in a previous message.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"PamC via OfficeKB.com" <u43222@uwe> wrote in message
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> One trick to getting & keeping stable tables is to avoid setting font
> characteristics in a table style. Use paragraph styles instead. Many
> technical documents have lots of tables that are quite different from each
> other and that require a lot of manual formatting. Table styles are great
> for quickly formatting them. But table style text settings tend to
> override
> manual formatting and paragraph styles. (Or the conflicting setting
> confuse
> Word.)
>
> Your best bet is to start fresh. Clear all formatting and then apply the
> unmodified table grid style. Create a new table style that is based on
> table
> grid and that does not have text formatting specified (font, size, color,
> horizontal alignment, etc.). Create your table paragraph styles. Three is
> often enough: table heading, table text, and table bullet. Now apply your
> new table style and table text paragraph style to the whole table, then
> apply the table heading and bullet styles appropriately.
>
> HTH,
> PamC
>
> C1ER wrote:
>>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!
>>
>>> 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
>>[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
>>> >> > help.
>>> >> > TIA!
>
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That's not the way I use table styles.
Why bother with table styles at all, if you have to apply paragraph styles
on top?

Regards,
Klaus


"Stefan Blom" <no.spam DeleteThis @please.xyz> wrote:
> Indeed, using paragraph styles to format the text in cells is better than
> changing the font properties for the table style.
>
> And, of course, the approach can be successfully combined with the
> AutoText approach that I described in a previous message.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP

I guess I'm saying that since table styles are there (you cannot get rid of
them since each table has one applied) you might as well apply the settings
that make sense (such as borders and shading) and leave the ones that don't
(paragraph and font formatting) to paragraph styles. Personally I don't work
them like that, however. Instead, I make use of AutoText if I need many
tables in a document, and I use paragraph styles to format cell contents
(see also the article at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Klaus Linke" <info.DeleteThis@fotosatz-kaufmann.de> wrote in message
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> That's not the way I use table styles.
> Why bother with table styles at all, if you have to apply paragraph styles
> on top?
>
> Regards,
> Klaus
>
>
> "Stefan Blom" <no.spam.DeleteThis@please.xyz> wrote:
>> Indeed, using paragraph styles to format the text in cells is better than
>> changing the font properties for the table style.
>>
>> And, of course, the approach can be successfully combined with the
>> AutoText approach that I described in a previous message.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>