Why isn't it doable? One of our templates has "both table and
cell borders defined, and shading in the 'title' row," and we
select how many rows and columns we need in the Insert Table
dialog. However, we also need to use a character style for the
fonts within (TableHead, TableRow).
Hint: we named our templates with leading numbers and our
acronym (1XXX_Header, 1XXX_NoHead, 2XXX_Blank), so that they always
appear at the top of the list in the Formats pane. You can assume
the first has the shaded head row, the second does not, and the
third has no headings or borders at all.
Good luck,
Leon