LOWriter - Table styles - wont let me crearte new table styles its greyed out?=

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#1

Greetings

Thanks in advance

  1. i am trying to make all the 12 tables at the beginning of each chapter that contain a summary in points form of each point in each chapter AND I Am uwing tables to do this

In the table I need this
1 - Centered all text
2 - bolded top heading in table
3 . bullet point on each cell with text

  1. I am trying to make new table style in the sidebar but its greyed out when I try to make a new table style¡ Any idea why and how to fix OR better way to dothe above?
#2

Table “styles” are very badly designed and they aren’t styles at all. They are more like a set of macros triggered after some events, like adding a new row or column. And this repaints the whole table, cancelling your customisation.

If you are satisfied with provided models “as is”, i.e. don’t ever try to apply any user formatting over them, go with them. Note the strong restriction about the impossibility to adapt them to your needs or tastes.

Otherwise design your table yourself manually and copy-paste the occurrence at start of every chapter.

Could you elaborate more on your goal? Do you want a chapter-TOC at start of chapter? Or do you add a kind of “abstract” there? If you use a table only to draw a border around this “abstract”, there is a better and more efficient (performance-wise) way of doing it with styles (and this will alos take care of the bullet).

Don’t forget to mention OS name, exact LO version and save format (because most suggestions are only stable and persistent in .odt).

#3

So you are saying I should

  1. use direct formatting for the table AND copy paste it into each chapter at the start AND I dont need or cant make styles for tables?
#4

What you are specifying are paragraph styles.

  1. Centred all text: right click Table contents paragraph style, select Edit Style. In the dialogue that opens, select the Alignment tab and choose Centred.
  2. bolded top heading in table: When you create your table, tick the box for headings. If you forget to do that then select the to route and apply Table Heading style.
  3. bullet point on each cell with text: either
    • edit Table contents style, select the Outline and list tab, and in list, select Bullet •. Or
    • Right click Table contents select New. In the dialogue give it a name like Table Bullets and add the bullet list to that. Then select the table except for the top row and apply the new style
#5

You can always change the format of a table (table without merged cells) via the Table > AutoFormat Styles menu. How to create a table:

AutoFormat Table Styles

Creating a table in Writer

Chapter 13 - Tables

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