How to disable table styles in "Style Manager"

About Style Manager

FS Pro for Word applies a Style Set to each FS Pro for Word document to

  • save time formatting, and
  • maintain consistency in formatting across documents.

Watch our video tutorial to learn more about our Style Manager and Style Sets.

Using Style Manager for tables

Style Manager applies one style set to your entire document. This means that the table styles in your style set will apply to all tables in your document. However, some users want to use specific styles for specific tables. For example: shading or different font colors. To do this, you'll need to disable the table styles for your Style Manager.

Disabling table styles for Style Manager

You can disable the table settings in your Style Manager by editing your SystemSettings file and adding a piece of code to disable table styles.

You can find your SystemSettings .dat file in this folder: OS(C:)\Program Files (x86)\Information Mapping\FS Pro 6\Data\

If you don't have a SystemSettings.dat file, download it with this link. 

How to change the table styles for Style Manager

Follow the steps below to change the table styles for Style Manager:

Step

Action

1

Open the SystemSettings.dat File:

  • Use a text editor (e.g., Notepad) to edit the file.

2

Place the following "Setting" part between the "Settings" tag:

<Setting>
<Name>IgnoreTableStyles</Name>
<Value>true</Value>
</Setting>
Example:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<Settings>
    <Setting>
    <Name>IgnoreTableStyles</Name>
    <Value>true</Value>
    </Setting>
</Settings>

 

3

Save the File:

Save your changes and ensure the file remains named SystemSettings.dat.

4

Open FS Pro for Word again and create 2 tables. 

Use shading for 1 table.

5

Save and close your FS Pro for Word document and reopen it.

Your shading for 1 table should still be there.

Note: When creating a new document, it is important to start with a correct Style when this option is turned on!

How Style Manager works by default

Style Manager allows you to create a consistent style set for your document. The style set applies to:

  • All Text: Table Header, Table SubHeader, Table Text
  • Shading: Header Cells, Subheader Cells, Content Cells
  • Borders: Out and Inner Borders

What happens when you disable table styles in Style Manager?

Behavior on table shadings and borders:

Because the software cannot detect if the shading or border colors have been manually altered, they will remain the same even if another style set has been applied or the current style set has been edited.

After a new style set has been applied or current style set has been edited, only newly inserted tables will have the newly applied border and shading colors.

Behavior on Table Text (Table Header, Table SubHeader, Table Text):

Table text that has been manually changed will remain changed, even if you reopen your document.

When applying a new style set, all newly created tables will match that style set, unless you manually change it. 

 

Summarized:

  • Table Text will not change if you manually altered the style. Other text will change when applying another or an edited style set from the Style Manager.
  • Table Shading and Borders will not change if you manually altered them. The style set from your Style Manager will apply to new tables only (until you manually alter them). 

Note: Information Mapping allows but does not support these changes to our Style Manager settings. Style Manager is created to maintain consistency across documents.

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