Strange Table formatting problem   

I have a strange problem with tables I create in Word 2003.

It has only just started to happen.

When I add text to the various cells, then go to format them, for
example Bolden, Italics, Font, Text size, justification, it get
applied to the whole table. It takes a lot of effort to get it
correct.

Can anyone suggest what has gone wrong and how to fix it.
I've deleted normal.dot in case that was corrupted but to no avail.

Many thanks

date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:31:00 -0700 (PDT)   author:   neil40

Re: Strange Table formatting problem   

Likely a special case of the problem described at 
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

Interestingly, this happened to me years ago wrt alignment (left, right, 
decimal). At the time I couldn't figure out what was going on, and I really 
don't think it was a matter of "Automatically update" because I could format 
specific cells without adverse effect, but if I selected an entire column 
and changed the alignment, then the alignment changed for the whole table.

If this is your situation, it would probably be well to treat the *document* 
as corrupt; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

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

"neil40"  wrote in message 
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>I have a strange problem with tables I create in Word 2003.
>
> It has only just started to happen.
>
> When I add text to the various cells, then go to format them, for
> example Bolden, Italics, Font, Text size, justification, it get
> applied to the whole table. It takes a lot of effort to get it
> correct.
>
> Can anyone suggest what has gone wrong and how to fix it.
> I've deleted normal.dot in case that was corrupted but to no avail.
>
> Many thanks
>

date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:03:47 -0500   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill

Re: Strange Table formatting problem   

I've had problems like yours when the table style used specifies the font and
text alignment.  To fix it:

Select the whole table
Apply a plain table style (usually  Table grid)
Reformat your table     
----Or apply another table style that only specifies grid, fill, banding, and
such. Then apply the new style and the paragraph styles you want.

PamC

neil40 wrote:
>I have a strange problem with tables I create in Word 2003.
>
>It has only just started to happen.
>
>When I add text to the various cells, then go to format them, for
>example Bolden, Italics, Font, Text size, justification, it get
>applied to the whole table. It takes a lot of effort to get it
>correct.
>
>Can anyone suggest what has gone wrong and how to fix it.
>I've deleted normal.dot in case that was corrupted but to no avail.
>
>Many thanks

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date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:32:02 GMT   author:   PamC via OfficeKB.com u43222@uwe