diff --git a/app/client/aclui/AccessRules.ts b/app/client/aclui/AccessRules.ts
index aa1745f9..4a3a208a 100644
--- a/app/client/aclui/AccessRules.ts
+++ b/app/client/aclui/AccessRules.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {GristDoc} from 'app/client/components/GristDoc';
 import {logTelemetryEvent} from 'app/client/lib/telemetry';
 import {reportError, UserError} from 'app/client/models/errors';
 import {TableData} from 'app/client/models/TableData';
+import {withInfoTooltip} from 'app/client/ui/tooltips';
 import {shadowScroll} from 'app/client/ui/shadowScroll';
 import {bigBasicButton, bigPrimaryButton} from 'app/client/ui2018/buttons';
 import {squareCheckbox} from 'app/client/ui2018/checkbox';
@@ -690,8 +691,7 @@ class TableRules extends Disposable {
         cssIconButton(icon('Dots'), {style: 'margin-left: auto'},
           menu(() => [
             menuItemAsync(() => this._addColumnRuleSet(), t("Add Column Rule")),
-            menuItemAsync(() => this._addDefaultRuleSet(), t("Add Default Rule"),
-              dom.cls('disabled', use => Boolean(use(this._defaultRuleSet)))),
+            menuItemAsync(() => this._addDefaultRuleSet(), t("Add Table-wide Rule")),
             menuItemAsync(() => this._accessRules.removeTableRules(this), t("Delete Table Rules")),
           ]),
           testId('rule-table-menu-btn'),
@@ -813,9 +813,13 @@ class TableRules extends Disposable {
   }
 
   private _addDefaultRuleSet() {
-    if (!this._defaultRuleSet.get()) {
+    const ruleSet = this._defaultRuleSet.get();
+    if (!ruleSet) {
       DefaultObsRuleSet.create(this._defaultRuleSet, this._accessRules, this, this._haveColumnRules);
       this.addDefaultRules(this._accessRules.getSeedRules());
+    } else {
+      const part = ruleSet.addRulePart(ruleSet.getDefaultCondition());
+      setTimeout(() => part.focusEditor?.(), 0);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -1034,6 +1038,12 @@ abstract class ObsRuleSet extends Disposable {
     return body.length > 0 && body[body.length - 1].hasEmptyCondition(use);
   }
 
+  public getDefaultCondition(): ObsRulePart|null {
+    const body = this._body.get();
+    const last = body.length > 0 ? body[body.length - 1] : null;
+    return last?.hasEmptyCondition(unwrap) ? last : null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Which permission bits to allow the user to set.
    */
@@ -1129,8 +1139,9 @@ class DefaultObsRuleSet extends ObsRuleSet {
     return [
       cssCenterContent.cls(''),
       cssDefaultLabel(
-        dom.text(use => this._haveColumnRules && use(this._haveColumnRules) ? 'All Other' : 'All'),
-      )
+        dom.domComputed(use => this._haveColumnRules && use(this._haveColumnRules), (haveColRules) =>
+          haveColRules ? withInfoTooltip('All', 'accessRulesTableWide') : 'All')
+      ),
     ];
   }
 }
@@ -1544,6 +1555,8 @@ class ObsRulePart extends Disposable {
   // Whether the rule part, and if it's valid or being checked.
   public ruleStatus: Computed<RuleStatus>;
 
+  public focusEditor: (() => void)|undefined;
+
   // Formula to show in the formula editor.
   private _aclFormula = Observable.create<string>(this, this._rulePart?.aclFormula || "");
 
@@ -1679,6 +1692,7 @@ class ObsRulePart extends Disposable {
               );
             }),
             getSuggestions: (prefix) => this._completions.get(),
+            customiseEditor: (editor) => { this.focusEditor = () => editor.focus(); },
           }),
           testId('rule-acl-formula'),
         ),
diff --git a/app/client/ui/GristTooltips.ts b/app/client/ui/GristTooltips.ts
index f1a7f18c..fe67d075 100644
--- a/app/client/ui/GristTooltips.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui/GristTooltips.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ export type Tooltip =
   | 'addColumnConditionalStyle'
   | 'uuid'
   | 'lookups'
-  | 'formulaColumn';
+  | 'formulaColumn'
+  | 'accessRulesTableWide';
 
 export type TooltipContentFunc = (...domArgs: DomElementArg[]) => DomContents;
 
@@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ see or edit which parts of your document.')
     ),
     ...args,
   ),
+  accessRulesTableWide: (...args: DomElementArg[]) => cssTooltipContent(
+    dom('div', t('These rules are applied after all column rules have been processed, if applicable.'))
+  ),
 };
 
 export interface BehavioralPromptContent {