Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Formatting Within a Table

When you create a table, it takes on the character and paragraph formatting of the paragraph preceding it. In other words, if the preceding paragraph uses Times New Roman 14-point type, double-spaced, so will your table unless you change it. You can change any of this formatting by using any of the character and paragraph formatting techniques discussed in previous chapters.

AutoFormatting a Table

You can also automatically format your table by choosing from one of 42 prefabricated formats available through Word's Table AutoFormat feature.

Note

Most of these 42 AutoFormats were available in Word 97 as well, but Word 2000 adds three new Web formats, which display each cell in a table as an outline. Figure 9.20 shows a ...