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Questions tagged [table-styles]

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How can I create a sophisticated table like the one attached?

I'm writing a paper where I systemize knowledge. At the moment I have a very big excel file. In order to fit this table into an A4 paper, I would have to create a table similar to the one attached. As a matter of fact I have read many papers where…
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How to add cell padding in Excel 2010?

Is there a way to add padding to cells in Excel 2010? The spreadsheet I'm using has cells in one column with varying row heights. I don't want to center the text, I just want it padded slightly from the left side.
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Excel table not formatting new rows appropriately - where does formatting come from?

I have an excel table and all rows are formatted the same. When I add a new row, the formatting does not match the rows above - so every time I add a row I have to select the above row and copy/paste special>format to get it to look right. My…
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Export of a custom table style in MS Excel

How to export a custom table style in MS Excel 2007/2010? I know how to export a custom chart, but I can't see how to export a custom table style.
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Using MS Word Table Styles to Change Font Size

I made a custom table style using MS Word 2007. I set the font to be Arial 10pt and to apply to the whole table. The font changed to Arial, but the font size of my table did not change. When I go to Modify Table Style again the drop-down for the…
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MS Word 2016: Table is splitting across pages even though set not to

I'm using MS Word 2016 to create a word document that is going to be used as a template. I'm using a fairly small table for the signature block, and I need the rows to not split apart onto a new page when it loses space on the current page. I have…
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How to change language in MS Word table style

How in this dialog can I get rid of the Font: English (U.S.) that is shown in the summary at the bottom? I'm tired of changing the spell checking language for every table in a non-English document.
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Microsoft Word: How to edit the properties of multiple tables

MS Word 2016. I have a large document with hundreds of table. I want to change the table properties of all to untick the 'Preferred width' option. Is there a way to select all tables to apply this change? Or do I have to select them manually…
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Optimize row height/column width in Excel = minimize white space

I often create tables in Excel where some cells contain a lot of text while others just contain a single digit or some other short value. With wrap text in cells enabled and then a combination of increasing row height and autofit the width of the…
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How to tell Outlook not to auto resize the columns of a table

I'm having a very frustrating experience with MS-Outlook, while creating a table inside an e-mail: I have some text, separated by pipe characters, and I've chosen the "Convert text to table" feature to turn that text into a table. MS-Outlook does…
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Adjust footer in MS Word to compensate for portrait/landscape orientation with the table

In my footer I have a table which I would like to adjust to fit the entire width of the page. I have used Alignment tab to set it up: But when the orientation of the page changes, the table is not lengthened accordingly: . Is there a way to set…
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Remove space between line and table in Word

I need to remove the mysterious space marked in this screenshot: I searched before and found some answers in this previous thread: How to remove extra space between line of text and table but unfortunately it didn't help in my case. All line…
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Word table options greyed out

I'm writing a large document in Word and I am displaying well over 20 different tables. Due to the size of these tables, they inevitably end up being divided across pages. I obviously want to keep a table to a page completely. The problem is when I…
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Is it possible to have a table with different background colors which automatically update?

I want to have a table inside a Microsoft Word document. The background color of each row should be either white or gray. So lets say even numbered rows should white and odd numbered should be gray. When I insert a new row the following row colors…
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How do we copy a custom table style from Word to Outlook?

We're using Word 2007 and Outlook 2007. We've got a corporate table style defined in Word and set as the default. How do we make that table style available in Outlook mail messages? I can't see any organise/export/manage styles option over there. I…
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