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Table left margin changes
I have a template that includes a default table style with a set left margin to ensure the left side of the table aligns with the paragraphs before and after the table.
I often have to do doc reviews in a conference room using a different computer. Nearly every time I do this, the next time I open the doc on my regular computer, the left margin on all tables has shifted further to the left. However, when I look at the table properties and the table style, they show the original margin value from the template. Example: The left margin in the template is set to .72". When I open the doc on my regular computer, the left margin has shifted to the left, but the properties still say .72". To align the edge of the table with the paragraph text, I have to manually move the left margin to .81" or I have to update the table style to .81" and then reapply it to all of the tables. There are no other alignment issues in the doc. It's just the tables that change. My documents are set to automatically update styles from the template. The docs are located on a server that also contains the template, so the link to the template remains intact no matter what computer I use. But even if something on the conference room computer caused a change in the doc, shouldn't the template override that? BTW - If I open a new doc from the template and copy/paste all of the content from the original doc. It fixes some of the tables. For the rest, I just have to reapply the table style to get the margins back where they should be. But there are a pile of tables, so it's a pain. Thanks. Last edited by ddiemetric; 08-01-2018 at 05:52 AM. Reason: add additional info |
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What you're seeing may be due to the use of different versions of Word and/or the use of different printer drivers on the systems the document is being viewed on. The latter is because Word uses info from the active printer driver to optimise the page layout for the printer concerned.
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Thanks for responding, macropod. I believe the computers all default to the same common printer, but they do have different versions of Word. Why that should affect this one thing, the table margins, I suppose only Microsoft would know.
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Because different versions use different rendering engines for the page layout... It also doesn't matter that they're using the same printer if the drivers are different, which is quite possible if different OSs are in use.
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