Can I force contents of a word table/cell to have certain font?

G

Gary Warner

I use tables a LOT for all types of things.

Often I'm looking up information on the web and then
pasting that info into various parts of the table.

The thing the bothers me is that the font style,
size, and color from the web ends up in the
table cells.

Is there a way to tell word to keep everything
in the table or in certain cells to keep it to all
one preset font.

Example: I have everything as Tahoma, 10 point,
black. I cut "some text" from the web but it is
in Times, 12 point, blue. When I paste it into
the cell, can word just automatically set it to
my Tahoma, 10, black ???

Thanks!
 
J

Jon Weaver

Gary,
After copying text from a web page, place the insertion point in the desired
table cell in your document
Click Paste Special on the Edit menu.
Click Unformatted Text
Click OK

The pasted text will take on the paragraph style of the paragraph in the
cell containing the insertion point; the character formatting will be
whatever is specified by the paragraph style. If you haven't pressed ENTER
in the cell, the paragraph formatting will be stored in the end-of-cell
mark.

Selecting Unformatted Text will also stop the insertion of unwanted styles
into your documents.

Jon
 
G

Gary Warner

Jon - Thanks.

One other question about this...I'm now trying to setup a
macro and/or use the customize feature to make one button
one the main menu bar that does the Paste-Unformatted Text.

But I can't get it to do any better then calling up the Paste-Special
menu. I still have to select Unformatted Text each time.

Any ideas?

Even so...this will save me hassle already.

Again, Thanks!

Gary
 
J

Jon Weaver

Gary,

You're welcome.

Here's the macro I use:
Sub PasteUnformattedText()
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText, Placement:= _
wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
End Sub

I've put a button on a toolbar and assigned this macro to it; I use it many
times each day.

Jon
 
G

Gary Warner

Jon Weaver said:
Here's the macro I use:
Sub PasteUnformattedText()
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText, Placement:= _
wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
End Sub

I've put a button on a toolbar and assigned this macro to it; I use it many
times each day.

Jon


Fantastic. Thanks.
 
J

Janet Gilmartin

Jon - I noticed you seem to understand word tables in form/cell. My problem is that when I try to re-edit the paragraph within the table form I cannot delete/retype over just one word. When I highlight a word it highlights either to the left or right (totally).
 

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