In Tables, how can I change a default setting?

[StephenA]

Whenever I start a Table the default setting is for the rows to be able to
break over a page.

I would like that box to be unticked as a default.

Is there a way of changing the default setting?

I am using Word 2007, but it also happened in 2003

 

[Jezebel]

Define the default table style. Works in 2003, anyway.

 

[Industrial Numbat]

Right click while inside the row you want to break across pages, the sub-menu
comes up, select "Table Properties" and go to "Rows" and click the box that
says "Allow Row to Break Across Pages" and that should do it.

 

[Jezebel]

That doesn't change any defaults.

Right click while inside the row you want to break across pages, the
sub-menu
comes up, select "Table Properties" and go to "Rows" and click the box
that
says "Allow Row to Break Across Pages" and that should do it.

 

[challa prabhu]

Do the following:
1. Open a new Word document.
2. On the Format menu, click Style and Formatting.
The Styles and Formatting panel opens on the right of the document window.
You will notice that there is not Table style sheet available.
3. Do one of the following:
On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Table. The Insert Table
dialog appears click ok
-or-
Click the Isert Table icon onthe Table and Border toolbar. Click OK in the
Insert Table dialog box.
Note: the Table Grid style sheet is displayed under the Pick formatting to
apply, in the Styles and Formatting panel
4. Click the Table Grid Arrow next to the style sheet name.
5. Click Modify Style. The Modify Style dialog box displays.
6. Click the Format list and select Table properties.
7. In the Table Properties dialiog box, click the Table tab. Then click the
Options button. The Table Options dialog box displays. Specify the Default
Margins and the Default cell spacing. Then click OK to return to the Table
options dialog box.
8. In the Table Properties dialiog box, click the Row tab and clear the All
row to break across pages.
9. Click OK in the Table options dialog box.
10. Click OK in theModify Style dialog box.
11. Click the Table Grid Arrow nect to the style sheet name.
12. click Set as default table style.
The Default Table Style dialog box displays.
13. Click All documents based on the Normal.dot template? option under the
Do you want to set this style as the default table style for:
14. Click OK.

Challa Prabhu

 

[StephenA]

Challa Prabhu,

Thank you for your time and response. Your answer looks to be comprehensive
but I think that it refers to Word 2003 so I cannot check whether it works as
I now have Word 2007. I will post again if I can adapt your response to 2007.

 

[challa prabhu]

Yes. This procedure refers to Word 2003. Sorry for not mentioning this earlier.

Challa Prabhu

 

[theginn]

This is awesome. I am a tech writer and have to deal with this all the time
and it's been bugging me forever. Thanks much. This was an education.

 

[LongtimeUser]

Word 2007 trickier - the Styles panel doesn't show table styles (in mine, at
least), and I have not found any option to turn them on. There is another
way:
- At bottom of Styles panel, click "Manage Styles" button (small picture)
- Make sure "Show recommended styles only" is turned off (want to see all
styles)
- Find & select your table style in "Select a style to edit" box
- Below box, click "Modify..." button
From there, similar to Word 2003, as written by Challa Prabhu.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

FWIW, I find that in a new Blank Document based on default Normal.dotm, the
Styles panel *does* show all the table styles (though I'd really prefer it
didn't). I've used Manage Styles to change this in other templates, but I
try to keep Normal as pristine as possible so I know what "default" is.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Suzanne,

Hmmm. Something's different.

Ahh, are you referring to using the 'Show Styles(Classic Gallery)' choice added to the QAT in this case rather than the Styles pane?

When I start Word 2007 in safe mode or if I rename Normal.dotM and restart Word to create a new one I don't have any table styles
listed in the Styles Pane.

In Table Tools=>Design=>Table Styles, 98 'themed' table styles plus Table grid (classic) show there, while on the Quick Access
Toolbar if the Show Styles (classic) drop down has been added to the QAT, the styles from both of the locations, above, show there.

From Home=>Styles=>Style Launcher=>[Manage Styles] the 35 legacy/classic (prior version) Table styles show as 'Hide until used' and
can't be selected to 'show', even with 'Select All'=>'Show (which makes them a bit tough to 'use'0 while the themed ones that show
in the Table Styles gallery can't be set to 'hide'. Perhaps with a macro. Perhaps I should have had coffee before looking at this
<g>.


[FWIW, the original Feb 2007 thread was asking how to set a default table style and to turn off [ ] Allow row to break across
pages' so it was no longer the default]

===============FWIW, I find that in a new Blank Document based on default Normal.dotm, the
Styles panel *does* show all the table styles (though I'd really prefer it
didn't). I've used Manage Styles to change this in other templates, but I
try to keep Normal as pristine as possible so I know what "default" is.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word) >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, I guess you're right that it's only in the Styles dropdown. I haven't
even tried to do much with style visibility in Word 2007; I'm still
struggling with it in Word 2003. I'm working in some documents where, even
if you check the box for "Show Headings 1-3," they aren't displayed unless
you explicitly check them. And I could have sworn there was an option to
display styles after they'd been used if you had "Styles in use" selected
(but I guess I'm thinking of 2007, where there is also the option to show
the next heading level after you use a given one). I find it extremely
frustrating to try to clear out unused styles and then find all the styles I
want unavailable as well! I guess I'm just not thinking clearly about what I
clear out.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Hi Suzanne,

Hmmm. Something's different.

Ahh, are you referring to using the 'Show Styles(Classic Gallery)' choice
added to the QAT in this case rather than the Styles pane?

When I start Word 2007 in safe mode or if I rename Normal.dotM and restart
Word to create a new one I don't have any table styles
listed in the Styles Pane.

In Table Tools=>Design=>Table Styles, 98 'themed' table styles plus Table
grid (classic) show there, while on the Quick Access
Toolbar if the Show Styles (classic) drop down has been added to the QAT,
the styles from both of the locations, above, show there.

From Home=>Styles=>Style Launcher=>[Manage Styles] the 35 legacy/classic
(prior version) Table styles show as 'Hide until used' and
can't be selected to 'show', even with 'Select All'=>'Show (which makes
them a bit tough to 'use'0 while the themed ones that show
in the Table Styles gallery can't be set to 'hide'. Perhaps with a macro.
Perhaps I should have had coffee before looking at this
<g>.


[FWIW, the original Feb 2007 thread was asking how to set a default table
style and to turn off [ ] Allow row to break across
pages' so it was no longer the default]

===============FWIW, I find that in a new Blank Document based on default Normal.dotm,
the
Styles panel *does* show all the table styles (though I'd really prefer it
didn't). I've used Manage Styles to change this in other templates, but I
try to keep Normal as pristine as possible so I know what "default" is.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word) >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*