HOW TO CLEAR FORMATTING IN WORD MACROS HOW TO
HOW TO CLEAR FORMATTING IN WORD MACROS UPDATE
HOW TO CLEAR FORMATTING IN WORD MACROS CODE

Copy the code in the yellow box below - copy it all some is not displayed fully, so make sure you drag your cursor over the entire set of code when you copy it.

Click the drop-down box for Macros in and change the setting to your template (e.g.

Type Table in the Macro Name field at the top of the Macros window.

HOW TO CLEAR FORMATTING IN WORD MACROS HOW TO

(HereвЂ™s how to turn it on in Word 2007 and Word 2010.) Step 3: Create a macro that inserts the table and its caption

Delete the table from your template, if required.

Changing the saved location is CRITICAL as you want to share this table with all users of your template as far as I know, Building Blocks.dotx is a local file on each personвЂ™s local machine and itвЂ™s not easy to transfer building block entries from one machine to another. If your template is not listed, then you didnвЂ™t create the table in your template - start again at Step 1: Set up the table.

Change the Save in location from the default Building Blocks.dotx to your template (e.g.

In the Create New Building Block dialog box, give the selected table a unique name (e.g.

Select Save selection to Quick Part gallery.

Step 2: Save the table as a Building Block

do whatever else is required to make your table follow your corporate style.

apply table borders - line styles, color, and widths.

set the table header row to repeat across pages (if required).

set the alignments for the table header row and the table rows.

set the row heights for the table header row and the table rows.

apply the relevant styles to the table header row and the table rows.

I suggest you create a table thatвЂ™s four column by five rows - authors can add/remove rows and columns later.

Create a table in your template and format it as you want.

Open your Word template - the template itself, NOT a document based on the template.

If you go that route, you donвЂ™t need to read any further. This solution may be better for those who donвЂ™t want to fiddle with macros and code - itвЂ™s very much quicker too.

HOW TO CLEAR FORMATTING IN WORD MACROS UPDATE

UPDATE 2016: You *can* get the caption inserted with a Quick Table - you just have to selectВ the table AND its caption when creating it and the caption is added automatically (and adjusts the table numbering) when you insert the Quick Table. So this solution takes Quick Tables a couple of steps further. While Quick Tables are an option, you wonвЂ™t get the caption inserted with them.

if theyвЂ™re in section 2, you want the tables they insert in section 2 to be numbered Table 2-1, Table 2-2 etc.). The caption is to include the chapter number and a sequential caption number (e.g. Your template uses outline heading numbering, so you want a table caption to be inserted at the same time as you insert the table. merge cells) without those modifications affecting anything else. Once theyвЂ™ve inserted a table, the author has to be able to modify it (e.g. The tables all need to be formatted the same - same header row shading, height alignment and style same border color and width same table row height, alignment and style. So you need to add something to the template that allows them to press a couple of keys and get both a preformatted table and an automated caption inserted. You need to make it easy for your authors to insert many tables in their documents. If you are using Word 2003 or earlier, I hope to share a much longer macro with you in a few weeks that does something similar but without the formatting.

NOTE: These instructions only work for Word 2007 and later they use Building Blocks, which are only available in these versions of Word.

How to clear formatting in word macros