Alternate row colours

[Neil]

Making Word 2003 template with table default styles.
1. How best to make table library? Seperate document to select from a range
of already created examples or add various in text boxes and users delete
what they don't need?
2. Is there any way to set default so that new rows take on alternative
colours? My work around is to make a huge table with too many rows so that
users delete what is not used rather than understand how to change colour
fill on each new row to particular RGB colour?

 

[macropod]

Hi Neil,

Excel is much better suited to this sort of thing. With conditional formattting, you could have up to 4 colours, and have them
adjust automatically if rows were inserted or deleted.

You could embed such a worksheet in your Word document. Your users will need to learn how to adjust the visible range to account for
changes in the number of used rows, though.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Table styles can include alternate row shading, if that's what you're
asking. Sample tables can be saved as AutoText entries.

 

[Stefan Blom]

You could make use of table styles; they will let you specify banded rows.

Alternatively, save example tables as AutoText entries for easy insertion.