WD: Can't Demote/Promote Table Rows in Outline View

ID: Q176911

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you are working on a Word table in outline view, you may experience the following problems.

Case 1

You will be unable to demote the heading style of a table row to one greater than Heading 2.

Case 2

When you use the arrow icons (or keys) to demote or promote a table cell within one row, the entire row is formatted with the appropriate heading style.

CAUSE

These symptoms are a result of design limitations in outline view.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, apply the style manually. To do this, select the table row (or place the insertion point into the cell of the table) to which you want to apply a particular heading style and use either of the following methods:

On the Format menu, click Style. Under Styles, select the heading number style you want to use and then click Apply.
-or-
Hold down the SHIFT key, click the Style box to show all styles and then click the style you want to use.

MORE INFORMATION

When you work on a table in outline view, the Show Heading buttons are not displayed for rows that have a heading style applied.

For additional information about Outline View, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173577
   TITLE     : WD97: Some View Options Change Between Views

   ARTICLE-ID: Q160842
   TITLE     : WD: Collapsed Outline is Displayed Expanded in Print Preview

For additional information about this situation in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q43932
   TITLE     : WD: Demoting/Promoting Table Rows Limitation in Outlining

Additional query words: word8 word97

Keywords          : macword98 kblayout 
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 28, 1999