change default line weight (Word 2003 SP1)

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The default line weight in the Word 2003 Tables & Borders toolbar is 1/2 point.

Is there anywhere I can change the default to 3/4 point and have it remain 3/4 point?

TIA,
gg

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No, that is not possible. You can file a request with Microsoft: How to Contact the Microsoft Wish Program, but don’t hold your breath.

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Georgette

I am aware this is not quite what you are looking for I have written this:

Sub TableLineChange()

For Each aTable In ActiveDocument.Tables
aTable.Select
Selection.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = LinesToPoints(0.75)

Next aTable

End Sub

Does this help while you wait for the wish list from Microsoft

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Jerry,

Line spacing is the distance between lines in a paragraph. With 6 lines per inch, it would be 12 (points). A line spacing of 0.75 points is VERY small!
Line weight is the thickness of a line.

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Thanks Hans

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Georgette

Please ignore my last. I didn’t read your question correctly and made a few wrong assumptions. I was assuming line height of the text not the line weight of the actual table, sorry.

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(Edited by Andrew Lockton on 05-May-05 09:53. Further playing and re-reading the original post suggested another solution.)

My version of Word 2003 shows the default line thickness according to the current table selected when I go to the dialog. For example, if my cursor is in a table with 4pt lines then the weight that appears in the Format Borders dialog is 4pt.

Now what you can do is modify the default table style. If you are using table styles (and you should ) then all you have to do is show the preferred table style (with 3/4 borders) in the task pane and then right click it and choose ‘Set as Default Table Style’. You will be presented with a dialog that asks if you want to apply this only to this document or to all documents created with the attached template. Once this is done, you should be able to create new tables and find that the default line thicknesses appear as 3/4 points.
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I just re-read your post and realised that you were talking about the Tables and Borders toolbar rather than the Format > Borders and Shading dialog. The line weight and colour (in both places) is sticky so that whatever you have chosen to apply will remain as the default until you change it (or restart Word). Therefore it should be simple enough to run an auto-macro (in Normal perhaps) that sets your preference for borders.

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I am trying to make my Word choices on the Tables & Borders toolbar compliant with our company’s automatic table-generating macro (MACRO = if you choose a table without any merged cells and run the macro it sets the line thickness to 3/4 pt. [except for the line under the header which is 1.5 pt] and sets styles for the text

).

The problem arises when I have to tinker with adding additional rows, columns, etc. after the fact. If I don’t remember to change my Word “default” line thickness on the Table & Borders toolbar from 1/2 pt. to 3/4 pt. I have a table with slightly different line widths. So I am looking for a way to set the thickness to 3/4 pt. as the default all the time on my Tables and Borders toolbar… even when I exit and enter the Word program multiple times during the day.

Will running an automacro to set border preferences do this? If so, how do I make that happen… how do I create the macro and how do I make it work everytime I open Word? Note: I have a global template called gg-normal.dot that loads evertime I open Word. I would prefer to house this “fix” there in case my normal.dot corrupts!

Thanks in advance,
Georgette

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If you don’t have one yet, create a macro named AutoExec in a standard module in your global template.
Put the code to set the line weight in this macro, it is just a single line:

Options.DefaultBorderLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt

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