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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / May 2005Paragraph alignment in table Word 2003
Hi, In Word 2003, my body text has to be aligned justified, but in tables it should be left aligned. What did I do? * I changed the paragraph alignment for style Normal to 'Justified'. * I changed the paragraph alignment for text in tables (style 'Table Grid') to 'Left'. But: the text in tables remains justified. How can I control this? (I always try to use as many of the default styles as possible, so creating an alternate 'Normal' is what I would like to avoid.) Can anyone help me out?  SignatureJosé Spanjaard The User Company BV T +31 40 211 44 55 Don't modify Normal. Don't use Normal for body text; use Body Text. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Hi, > In Word 2003, my body text has to be aligned justified, but in tables it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > as possible, so creating an alternate 'Normal' is what I would like to avoid.) > Can anyone help me out? > Don't modify Normal. Don't use Normal for body text; use Body Text. I already tried that, and it does work indeed. I was hoping for another solution. I'm afraid I'll have to give up the idea of using 'Normal' as my true basic style. Feels like saying goodbye to a friend I thought I knew so very well. Well anyway, thanks for your reply, Suzanne. For more on the subject, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NormalVsBodyStyles.htm SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > Don't modify Normal. Don't use Normal for body text; use Body Text. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > very well. > Well anyway, thanks for your reply, Suzanne. Thanks for the link, it was useful again. One major disadvantage of using Body Text instead of Normal is, that many default styles (for example all Heading styles) have style Normal set for 'Style for following paragraph'. When I want to prevent a user from using Normal accidentally, I'll have to change this setting in all these styles. Or is there an easier way to accomplish this? > For more on the subject, see > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NormalVsBodyStyles.htm I have my templates set up with Body Text as the following style for the heading styles. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Thanks for the link, it was useful again. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > For more on the subject, see > > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NormalVsBodyStyles.htm Word will only make the changes you specify in the Table style to text that is formatted the same way as the default Normal style - once you make a change to a characteristic (font, alignment, etc. etc), either by direct formatting or in the paragraph's style, that characteristic is locked in place and the Table Style has no effect. So if you had wanted to do this the other way round (default left aligned in the body, and some other alignment in the table), Word would have done what you asked! It makes no sense, but that is how it works. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP SignatureSyntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org > Hi, > In Word 2003, my body text has to be aligned justified, but in tables it [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > avoid.) > Can anyone help me out? > Word will only make the changes you specify in the Table style to text that > is formatted the same way as the default Normal style - once you make a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > It makes no sense, but that is how it works. Thanks for your explanation, Margaret. It was helpful indeed.
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