Fonts in Table Styles are being ignored

[Scott Martin]

I have a document with the font in the Normal paragraph style set to Segoe UI.



Many paragraph styles are built based on the Normal style, so if I changed it, the change would affect text are fine the way they are.

The document also has a table style that has the font for the Whole Table set for Segoe UI. Odd and Even Banded Rows are set for Segoe UI also. The problem is with the Header Row style, which needs to be Segoe UI Semibold. I've clicked Clear All on the table and reapplied the table style, I've changed styles in table from one to another, I've turned Header Row on and off, I've deleted and recreated the table style. Header Row font is consistently being ignored. The header row will pick up typesize changes from the table style or bolding, but not the font itself.

Reveal Formatting tells me that the Segoe UI in the header row is coming from the Normal style. What am I missing to make the table style setting override the paragraph style setting?

Many thanks for any assistance you might offer.

[Italophile]

It sounds as though your document is not set-up correctly.

For table styles to work correctly the table must be inserted into a paragraph formatted with a style that matches the document defaults. This is because table styles can only override the document defaults, not paragraph styles.

You can check the document defaults by displaying the Styles pane and then clicking the Manage Styles button. The defaults are shown on the Set Defaults tab.

You then need to ensure that you have a paragraph style that matches the defaults. Typically, this would be the Normal style.

This has been the case since Office 2007.

Further reading on the hierarchy of Styles:

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: STYLES’ ORDER OF OPERATIONS
Word Blog - BEHIND THE CURTAIN: STYLES’ ORDER OF OPERATIONS

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: STYLES, DOC DEFAULTS, STYLE SETS, AND THEMES
Microsoft Word - BEHIND THE CURTAIN: STYLES, DOC DEFAULTS, STYLE SETS, AND THEMES

[Scott Martin]

I believe you have solved my problem. Thank you so much!