Yes, I can. Sorry for the delay. I was working.
With the cursor in a table, create and name a new table style based on table
grid. In the Create new style from formatting dialog, choose First column
(Left column in W2003) and select one of the Left align icons (with top,
center, or vertical alignment). The choose Last column (Right column in
W2003) and select one of the Right align icons (with top, center, or vertical
alignment).
If you prefer to avoid the align icons, use the format paragraph dialog
(Format > Paragraph > Alignment while still in the Create new style from
formatting dialog) and then choose left or right from the dropdown list as
appropriate.
You can apply the style by selecting the whole table and applying your new
style ---from the styles pane in W2003 and from the table gallery on the
table design ribbon in W2007.
So you see it is possible. This style work very well if you have lots of
tables that are all very similar.
But setting font characteristics in a table style can lead to unexpected
results in the table when you apply other formatting--either manually or
through styles. Because of this I prefer to use table style settings for the
grid, shading, internal margins (padding), banding, and such; I use
paragraph styles for table text; and I manually format column alignments.
Table styles are very powerful and can be a great time saver. But you'll
need to figure out the best features to use for your documents.
HTH,
PamC
