Table format changes after conditional mail merge

[Cherie McClintock]

I am doing a conditional mail merge with a table in one of
the original merge documents. The table is formatted to'no
border' in the original document, but after the merge is
complete, the merged documents appear with a border. Any
ideas on what might be causing this?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Cherie,

I am doing a conditional mail merge with a table in one of
the original merge documents. The table is formatted to'no
border' in the original document, but after the merge is
complete, the merged documents appear with a border. Any
ideas on what might be causing this?

Which version of word is this? It sounds as if it could
be 2002 or 2003? And perhaps the formatting of the "default
table" is kicking in?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Cherie McClintock]

Hi Cindy,

Which version of word is this? It sounds as if it could
be 2002 or 2003? And perhaps the formatting of

the "default table" is kicking in?

Yes, I'm using 2002 v10. How do you determine or change
the "default table"? Have looked in 'help' and can't find
anything...?

Cherie

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Cherie,

the "default table" is kicking in?

Yes, I'm using 2002 v10. How do you determine or change
the "default table"? Have looked in 'help' and can't find
anything...?

Let's see if this works...

1. Click the AA button on the Formatting toolbar (should be
far left) to display the Styles and Formatting task pane.

2. If you don't see an entry there "Table Normal", go to the
dropdown at the botton and choose "custom". Select the
category Available formatting from the dropdown in the
middle of that dialog box, then activate the "Table Normal"
entry you should see in the list at the top.

4. Insert a new table into a new document. Does it have
borders?

5. Look in the task pane and see what table style entry is
marked when the insertion point is in the table you just
inserted. What's its name? Does it show any borders?

6. If you hover the mouse over that entry, an arrow pointing
down should appear at the right. Click it and choose
"Modify"

7. You should be able to use the borders button to set "No
border". Try that, click OK. Do the borders disappear around
the table you inserted?

8. If yes, hover the mouse over the entry again, click the
arrow, and choose "Set as Default table style". You should
get a prompt asking about the scope the change should be
applied to; choose the "Normal.dot" entry.

9. Now test the merge and see if you get the result you
expect.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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