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I have a recurring problem related to tables and frames.



I have a large document (approx. 150 pg.) that has many tables (approx. 80 tables). The tables are used to present data. The cells in the first row, and the first column contain headings/text. The remaining cells contain data/numbers. I have a caption above every table.

The problem usually appears when I change the style of a row. For example, I may change the style of a row from "table text" to "table text center", or to "table text bold". When I do this, a frame will suddenly appear and mess up my table. Parts of the table may disappear, and/or jump to another location. The caption will also suddenly jump to another location.

I can "fix" the problem by deleting each frame that appears (by putting the cursor in the messed up table and clicking on the "remove frames" button on my toolbar). But that is a big waste of time.

How do I stop the frames from appearing in the first place?

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I would say it must be related to the style definitions you are applying.

Can you post a sample document which contains those styles and a table which gets broken when you apply the style to it?
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Unfortunately I can't post a sample document because the information is proprietary.

What might cause a frame to suddenly appear around a table? Can you think of any potential causes/solutions that I can experiment with on my end?

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The question that would be answered by seeing a sample is - are you using the same terminology of 'frame', 'table' and 'style' that Microsoft use.

We see a wide range of people from all over the world on this forum and never know how good their command of English is, let alone their alignment with the same terminology that other users might have. Since this was your first post on the forum, we have no previous interactions to see how you might use words.

If your terminology is aligned with mine I would have thought that the answer was bleedingly obvious. The content didn't have a frame around it, you applied a style and that same content suddenly gains a frame. Surely this would suggest that the STYLE you applied has a frame setting included with it. If you apply the same style to a paragraph NOT in a table, does it also gain a frame?

Have you looked at the style definitions to confirm this is the case? Modify style > Format Frame > Remove Frame would be the most obvious thing to check.

If this is not the actual problem then you and I would appear to be using the term 'frame' to mean different things.
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