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How can I make "repeat top row as header: for all word tables? I currently open table properties>row>check box. I format 100% of my tables this way. Can I edit the default setting?
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No, there is no default you can set for that. You could, however, use a macro to expedite the process for a selected table. For example:
Code:
Sub ApplyTableHeader()
With Selection
  If .Information(wdWithInTable) = False Then Exit Sub
  .Tables(1).Rows(1).HeadingFormat = True
End With
End Sub
For PC macro installation & usage instructions, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
For Mac macro installation & usage instructions, see: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/InstallMacro.html
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I disagree with Paul's statement - there is a default that can be set.

Every table has a style, and every table style has a property for header rows to repeat or not. If you've never set the table style for your document, it is likely that all tables have the same 'default' table style applied to them. If this is the case, you can change the table style property and all the tables will behave as you want (unless the style setting has been overridden).

So go to the first table and Table Tools > Design and look for the active 'highlighted' table style in the Table Styles gallery. Right click it and choose Modify Table Style. Now change the 'Apply formatting to:' property to Header Row and then choose Format > Table Properties... > Row and make sure there is a tick in the Repeat as header row at the top of each page. OK out of there and you might also want to copy this style change into your template as well by selecting New documents based on this template before clicking OK in the Modify Style dialog.

Once the style is configured, you just need to make sure that each table has the header row turned on in Table Tools > Design > Table Style Options > Header Row.
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If you copy & paste a table from Excel or a website, etc., only Word's 'Normal' Table Styles is applied, so modifying one or more other Table Styles wouldn't resolve the issue unless you then apply one - which might also mess with the format of what you've just pasted. Even copying & pasting from another document using the same Table Styles as you applied the 'heading row' attribute to in the destination document won't necessarily apply that attribute to the pasted table.
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