Hi Michael...
Can you explain further... or give us a screenshot? I'm not sure what you mean by 'user defined functions' or repopulate. If you can take a picture of what you're seeing, that would really help. A co-worker accidentally set his table text to the background color which caused it to disappear against the drawing backdrop. Other than this color problem or a layering issue, I'm not sure what could cause the type of problem I think you're describing.
There are two other possibilities that come to mind. One- you may have two tables stacked on top of each other. Sometimes this causes weirdness. This can happen if you replace a format (which loads new tables) WHILE inadvertently leaving a previously existing table in place. The only other problem I know of which causes problems with tables is when people try to use the Microsoft OLE tables. This is where you use a spreadsheet table directly from Excel (or a note composed directly in MS Word) to display on the screen. The text for these OLE objects (object linking and embedding) has always been wonky. It frequently disappears and is generally tough to work with.
Write back with more details and I'll be glad to help.
Thanks!
-Brian
