Quick Tables

[Brendan_O_Rourke]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I want to use Quick Tables to create a table but then edit certain properties (e.g. header row format) whilst maintaining the overall format and characteristics. The only that I can see to do this is to go into Table-Autoformat which removes all the Quick Tables style. I seem to remember there being options on the Quick Table drop down to select whether or not there was a header row, etc., but I can't see it now. Did it exist? Any suggestions on how to edit quick table formats?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Brendan -

Those options are available but were never in the Elements Gallery itself
which provides the pre-designed Basic & Complex tables.

While in a table there are a number of table features that appear in the
Table section of the Formatting Palette, there's also a Table & Borders
Toolbar as well as the Table Menu.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Brendan_O_Rourke]

Bob

Thank you for the reply. I'm afraid this doesn't seem to help.

An example of what I am trying to do is set up a table using Quick Tables but remove the header row formatting whilst retaining the remaining formats.

If I use delete row to remove the header row it just creates a new header row.

None of the tools on the Formatting Palette or the Table & Borders allows me to change the format. The only way I can find is to use the auto-format menu item and deselect special formatting for Header Row - but if I do this it replaces all the the formatting of the table.

I am sure I have in the past seen an option to choose whether or not a quick table has a header row or not but I can't see it now.

Any further help appreciated.

Brendan

 

[Brendan_O_Rourke]

Bob

One more thing. I also seem to remember that when you created a Quick Table you could change the style by selecting the Table and using the Quick Table gallery to change the style (in the same way you can for Charts). However, now it just creates a new table.

Maybe my memory is serving me wrong but this does seem to have changed in the latest update.

Brendan

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Brendan -

If it's just the *formatting* of the first row that you want to change it
shouldn't require anything more than selecting that row then using the
Borders & Shading tools to select a different Fill Color, Shading, Border
weights & Colors, etc. Any of the sources -- Formatting Palette, Tables &
Borders Toolbar or Format> Borders & Shading -- will enable the change. The
one thing that's a 'little quirky' is that sometimes the change doesn't take
the first time you apply it, but if you try again it will make the change.

If it isn't working that way for you please let me know *exactly* which
Quick Table you're using and *exactly* what you're trying to change & how
you're going about it. I'm having absolutely no problem here.

As to your other post, I'm having no difficulty converting from one Quick
Table style to another either. Make sure that you *are* selecting the table
rather than simply clicking in it. If the insertion point is in a cell or
you select a row a new table will be inserted.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Brendan_O_Rourke]

Bob

Thanks again for the quick response. You are correct in that I can reformat the row and that does work of course. However, it is a little cumbersome as getting the exact colour match to some of the Quick Table designs seems a little difficult (and the format brush doesn't seem to want to copy the format of a row to another row - at least fill and borders). Still it works and retains the formatting of the table as a whole.

On the second point you are correct - I must have been in a cell rather than selecting the whole table.

Thanks for your help.

Brendan

 

[CyberTaz]

Here's a tip on the color matching if you aren't already aware of it: Click
in a cell which is already filled then click the arrowhead on the right edge
of the Fill Color button to open the palette. The fill color swatch of the
color used in the cell will have a frame around it. Point to the swatch &
note the Screen Tip that pops up indicating the name of the color. The same
is true for any colors or patterns, just like the Bold button lets you know
if bold is actually applied when you select text.

Glad the rest is sorted

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Brendan_O_Rourke]

Bob

Interestingly I saw that before but couldn't get it to work. The colours in the Quick Tables don't seem to match any in the Theme Colours. How I made it work was to go into the "More Colors" option and to use the magnifying glass tool to identify the colour in the table and then drag it into the palette at the bottom so I could use it on another row/cell that I wanted to had to same colour.

I am sure if I do a little bit more work I can work out how to add it to the theme palette as I have to go into "More Colours" every time to get the right colour.

Thanks again for the tip.

Brendan

 

[CyberTaz]

I wouldn't even be concerned about the Theme Colors themselves. They just
indicate the colors used for 'primary' elements. Tables & Charts especially
employ 'secondary' elements that call for more colors than what a Theme's 8
primaries display in the swatch set ‹ the additional colors used simply
coordinate with the primaries.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac