Re: Font style/size changes in tables

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From: Shauna Kelly (ShaunaKelly_at_SendNoSpamToShaunaKelly.com)
Date: 07/23/04

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    Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:02:05 +1000

    Hi Heather

    How are you adding the bullets? Are you using the Bullets button on the
    toolbar? Or Format > Bullets and Numbering?

    Unfortunately, these commands have a mind of their own, and it's difficult
    to predict what they're likely to do, as you've discovered.

    If creating tables like this is something you do regularly, may I suggest
    that you proceed as follows?

    Create a blank document, as usual. Add a table and make it Arial, as usual.
    Put a bulleted paragraph in the table, select the paragraph and use Format >
    Font to make it Arial, too. Make any other changes you need to the text (eg
    change the size or colour of the font).

    Now, put the cursor in a line of text in your table that does *not* have a
    bullet. Find the Styles box on the Formatting toolbar. It probably says
    "Normal". Click in the box and type TableText.

    Do the same for a bulleted paragraph. Click within a bulleted paragraph.
    Click in the Styles box and type TableBullet.

    You now have two styles in your document called TableText and TableBullet.
    If you have Word 2000 or earlier, do Format > Styles and you'll see them
    listed there. If you have Word 2002 or above, do Format > Styles and
    Formatting, and you'll see them listed in the Styles and Formatting pane.

    To add these styles to your normal.dot template, click in a TableText
    paragraph. Do Format > Styles > Modify (or, Format > Styles and Formatting,
    right-click the name and choose Modify). Tick the Add to Template box and
    then OK.

    Click in a TableBullet paragraph and do the same.

    If you want to be really cool, you can create a button on the toolbar to
    apply your styles. To do that, Tools > Customize. On the Commands tab, in
    the Categories box, choose Styles. In the Commands box, find your TableText
    style, and drag it to a toolbar. Do the same for TableBullet. Now, whenver
    you want your text to be in TableText style, or TableBullet style, just
    click your button.

    Since these changes were made in normal.dot, you might like to save
    normal.dot now. To do that, hold down Shift, then click File > Save All.

    Finally, you might like to investigate creating a table, using your new
    styles, and saving the table as a whole as an AutoText. You can then put a
    whole formatted table into a document in just a few mouse clicks. Word help
    has info on AutoText.

    Hope this helps.

    Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
    http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

    "Heather" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:26b101c47053$3c896410$a601280a@phx.gbl...
    > I open a blank document (using the Normal template), and
    > insert a table. Sometimes I want the font in a different
    > face, e.g. Arial, so change it accordingly.
    >
    > When I go to add a bullet point to the table, the font for
    > the bullet appears in Times New Roman and the font size
    > also changes.
    >
    > Is there some way that I can prevent this from happening?

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