Thank you for the feedback.

Note that you can save an example table, formatted the way you want it, as
an AutoText entry and then insert the AutoText whenever you want that
particular formatting.

By using AutoText entries, you avoid the problems with table styles but, of
course, unless you want to try macros there is no way to automatically
update the formatting of existing tables inserted as AutoTexts.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"C1ER" wrote in message
...
Reapplying the table style doesn't work, either, unfortunately. Thanks for
the article - this is helpful, and now I know I'm not crazy. I think we'll
just go with the table style and accept the black text. Thanks for all
your
help!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you *reapply* the copied table style to the relevant table(s), does
that
make a difference? You can use Ctrl+Alt+U to clear the formatting and
then
just apply the style again.

Also, if you are referring to the text color, as opposed to the cell
shading, note that table styles are a bit tricky with respect to those
settings, as explained at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html. :-( Applying the
desired paragraph style to the text should work better.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"C1ER" wrote in message
...
Yes, I was able to create the style in another document, but for some
reason,
when I used Organizer to copy it over to my template, it resets the
header
color to black. I also tried to copy the style from the new document
into
my
source document, but it resets the color to gray (not black, though).

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Can you successfully modify the Table Grid style in another document?
If
so,
you could then use the Organizer (Tools | Templates and Add-Ins,
Organizer
button) to copy it to the document where you are unable to modify it.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"C1ER" wrote in message
...
I created a table style based on Table Grid (Word 2003 SP3). I
applied a
blue
font color to the header row. I also set the font, font size, and
bold
for
the header row. These settings are applied, but the header row color
will
not
change no matter what I set the color to - it resets it to black
every
time.
How can I get my style to accept blue for the header row color?
Please
help.
TIA!