Which version of Word?
Template changes will not change the formatting in existing documents,
normally. Within the document, you can use vba to step through each table
and reformat each row. That procedure could be kept in the template.

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> Is there any way to make a global (template) change for
> tables? I want to make all my heading rows repeat, and I
> don't want to allow any rows to break across pages. I am
> working with approximately 200 step/action tables that I
> developed in robohelp, and am now trying to format for the
> printed documentation.