Word - create table style based on an existing table

[dcorleto]

I have a table that is formatted with all the appropriate sizing, borders, etc.

I need to have several other tables formatted exactly the same way. How can I easily do that? Can I create a style based on the original table, or create some sort of empty table template, then paste in the other tables data?

Please help.

Thanks in advance

 

[fumei]

There are a few bugs in table styles. Personally I like them and hope the bugs are worked out.

No, alas, you can not do what you ask...as far as I know. I do not have 2003, just 2002, maybe it is fixed in 2003. Unlike paragraph styles where you can take the currentformat of a paragraph and extrapolate that into a new style, table styles must be created as a New Style. Then, with the table formatted the way you want, you can make it the default (the table button makes that kind of table) or you can apply it to a selected table.

Gerry
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[MoiraT]

I did something similar in Word 2002, whereby I created a table then clicked on Table AutoFormat, chose a format vaguely like the one I wanted, then clicked Modify, changed the settings to suit my format and clicked Add to Template. It then created a table style which I could apply at will.
Hope that helps

 

[fumei]

Uh, well....when you click Modify, it, in fact, brings up the exact same style dialog as if you are creating a new style. Which is exactly what you are doing.

So simply going to Styles and making a Table Style actually saves a step.

So the answer remains the same. You can not extrapolate a formatted table into a style. You need to create a style.

However, it is EASY to make a table style. So if you really want to use the same format for a number of tables, by all means make a table style.

Gerry
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