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Word for Office 365 - table does not retain formatting when a new row is added

Anonymous
2020-03-27T23:56:40+00:00

Haven't been able to figure this out.  When I create a table in Word, I don't put any special tabs or margins in, just take the defaults.  This works for the first row.  But when I add a new row (enter right arrow in last column and return) the new row does not have the same formatting.  The tabs are all different and I have to display the ruler and manually move the margins and tabs in each column.  This used to work, I guess in 2016. 

Can anyone help?

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-31T22:53:48+00:00

    The Table Grid style was formatted with indentation Before text, After text and Hanging. While the first row had been directly formatted to remove those indents, a new row was formatted with the Table Grid Style.  On the assumption that the formatting of the first row was the desired format, modifying the Table Grid style to remove the indents  from its paragraph formatting.  Then, adding rows to the table resulting in the formatting being consistent.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-31T04:01:02+00:00

    Tables are all formatted with a Table Style applied to them. That table style can control the formatting of elements within each table. Some of those elements include First Row, Last Row, Odd or Even Rows. If your formatting changes when you go from 1 row to add a second row then it likely due to your table style.

    You can either choose a different table style for your table or turn off the First Row, Total Row and Banded Rows settings to get a more consistent formatting of your table rows. To do this, put your cursor in your table and in the Table Tools/Design tab, uncheck all the check boxes in the Table Style Options section.

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-28T03:05:08+00:00

    What happens when you press the Tab key when the selection is in the last cell of the last row of the table?

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-31T01:28:58+00:00

    If you send me a copy of the document, referencing this thread in the covering email message, I will investigate the issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-30T14:50:04+00:00

    It creates a new row, but the same thing happens.

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