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Table Styles Randomly Getting Auto-Replaced with Auto-GeneratedStyles
I have a problem which is driving me crazy. I'm working on docs which
have a common template, in Word 2003 SP2. In the template is a house style table style "Company Table" which is used for most tables in the documents. Periodically, for no apparent reason - that is, I could be working on non-table text in any part of the document - a random style is applied to every line in the table. For example, just a few moments ago, the table style was removed from all tables; instead, each line now has a style called "Style Outline numbered Bold Custom Color(RGB(21114025))". I have no idea where this style came from; it's certainly not in the original template or in the doc. Word is for some reason creating this style on the fly and applying it to all tables in the doc, but I have no idea why, but it's obviously related to lists and/or numbering. Any help appreciated, Thanks, P. |
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Table Styles Randomly Getting Auto-Replaced with Auto-Generated St
This may not be the answer to your question but I suggest you read the
following article: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html In general, table styles seem to cause problems. Maybe a better solution would be to create one or more paragraph styles to be used in tables. That is what I do and it always works. -- Regards Lene Fredborg DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Paul Moloney" wrote: I have a problem which is driving me crazy. I'm working on docs which have a common template, in Word 2003 SP2. In the template is a house style table style "Company Table" which is used for most tables in the documents. Periodically, for no apparent reason - that is, I could be working on non-table text in any part of the document - a random style is applied to every line in the table. For example, just a few moments ago, the table style was removed from all tables; instead, each line now has a style called "Style Outline numbered Bold Custom Color(RGB(21114025))". I have no idea where this style came from; it's certainly not in the original template or in the doc. Word is for some reason creating this style on the fly and applying it to all tables in the doc, but I have no idea why, but it's obviously related to lists and/or numbering. Any help appreciated, Thanks, P. |
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Table Styles Randomly Getting Auto-Replaced with Auto-Generated Styles
As Lene wrote, table styles are unpredictable.
Another possible source of trouble is "Keep track of formatting." If you turn this option off in Tools | Options, Edit tab, do you still see the mysterious entry? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Paul Moloney" wrote in message ... I have a problem which is driving me crazy. I'm working on docs which have a common template, in Word 2003 SP2. In the template is a house style table style "Company Table" which is used for most tables in the documents. Periodically, for no apparent reason - that is, I could be working on non-table text in any part of the document - a random style is applied to every line in the table. For example, just a few moments ago, the table style was removed from all tables; instead, each line now has a style called "Style Outline numbered Bold Custom Color(RGB(21114025))". I have no idea where this style came from; it's certainly not in the original template or in the doc. Word is for some reason creating this style on the fly and applying it to all tables in the doc, but I have no idea why, but it's obviously related to lists and/or numbering. Any help appreciated, Thanks, P. |
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Table Styles Randomly Getting Auto-Replaced with Auto-Generated St
Periodically, for no apparent reason - that is, I could be working
on non-table text in any part of the document - a random style is applied to every line in the table. "Lene Fredborg" wrote: This may not be the answer to your question but I suggest you read the following article: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html In general, table styles seem to cause problems. Maybe a better solution would be to create one or more paragraph styles to be used in tables. That is what I do and it always works. I've seen that particular bug a number of times myself. If you're noticing in time, you can Undo (Ctrl+Z) until you hit the action that triggered it. In the cases I remember, it was the deletion of an unrelated other style -- so now I check the tables right after I clear out unused or faulty styles. I've tried to create a reproducible scenario for that bug, without success. "Keep track of formatting" (and the clean-up it runs in the background to remove styles from the style list that aren't in use any more) may well be involved: I've usually turned this option on. Regards, Klaus |
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