how do i change the default format of my word tables

[IanS]

When I create a table in Word, I almost always want to set the table so that
rows do not break across pages and so that the first row of the table is a
heading row. How do I setup word so that the default tables it creates have
this format?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I don't know that you can. But you can create a table set up the way you
want and save it as an AutoText entry.
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[Klaus Linke]

When I create a table in Word, I almost always want to set the table
so that rows do not break across pages and so that the first row of
the table is a heading row. How do I setup word so that the default
tables it creates have this format?

In Word2003 (not sure about other versions), you can also set up a table
style the way you want, and click on "Standard..." (I guess, or perhaps
"Default..." in the English version?) in "Table > AutoFormat".

Greetings,
Klaus

 

[IanS]

Thanks, that worked. First I needed to create a new table style (in Table
Autoformat) with the required formatting and then as you say select this
table style and click on the Default button.