WD2000: Can't Demote/Promote Table Rows in Outline View

ID: Q209666

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you work with a Word table in outline view, you may experience the following problems.

Case 1

You are 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 that level heading style.

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.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug