Tables not accepting "Ruling" settings

[Steve Rickaby]

Karyn

>   I have a bunch of tables in an administrators guide and am trying to convert them all to one consistent style that uses a thin line to separate all columns and rows.
>
>   To achieve this look, I've used the Table Designer > Ruling tab and have set every single field to "thin".
>
>   On most tables in my book, the thin lines appear. But some stubbornly refuse to add the lines, even if I repeatedly import the template (which has thin lines defined in the ruling settings), or set them manually and repeatedly click "Apply" and "Update All". I've even selected to remove overrides, but still no luck. Why? And how can I fix this?

You don't say how you are trying to remove table style overrides. Most likely those tables do have overrides, set using Table > Custom Ruling and Shading.

Try:

. Selecting an entire problem table

. Select Table > Custom Ruling and Shading'

. Uncheck 'Custom Cell Shading'

. Select 'From Table' under 'Apply Ruling Style'

. Check all the 'To selection' and 'Inside Borders' checkboxes

. Click on 'Apply'.

If that fails to fix the table, I've not idea.

'From Table' here means 'From the specifications in the Table Designer.

-- 
Steve