How to save/create table style from existing table in Word?
If you have an existing table with formatting that you would like to reuse, saving this formatting as a table style can save you time and ensure uniformity across your document or future documents.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to save or create a table style from an existing table in Word, allowing you to apply the same formatting to other tables with ease.
Save/create table style from existing table in Word
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Save/create table style from existing table in Word
Although it’s impossible to create a new table style from selected table in Word, you can save the selected table as a Quick Table easily for reusing by clicks. Please do as follows:
1. Open the source document whose table you will save as table style, select the whole table, and press Ctrl + C keys together to copy it.
2. Put cursor at blank paragraph, press Ctrl + V keys to paste it, and then press Delete key to clear all table content.
3. Select the new blank table, and click Insert > Table > Quick Tables > Save Selection to Quick Tables Gallery. See screenshot:
4. In the popping out Create New Building Block dialog box, type a name in the Name box, and click the OK button. See screenshot:
Now the new blank table is saved as a Quick Table.
Notes:
(1) To reuse this quick table, please click Insert > Table > Quick Tables, and click the specified quick table in the submenu. See screenshot:
(2) You can’t apply this quick table style to an existing table.
(3) To remove the quick table from Quick Tables Gallery, please (1) click Insert > Table > Quick Tables, (2) right click the specified quick table in the submenu and select Organize and Delete as below screenshot shown, and finally (3) delete it from the popping out dialog box.
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