Table templates (FrameMaker 10)

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Steve,

When you create or update a table format, each cell's paragraph format from
the first row in each column is stored as part of the table format. This
applies to heading, body, and footing rows. However, it only stores
paragraph formats, not content like text and anchored frames. There are two
ways you could handle this:

1) Use a font for the step numbers and apply that paragraph format to the
first column in the table. In the Table Designer, click Update All, so that
when you insert a new table, the paragraph format will be used in that
column.

2) Make an example table with anchored frames, etc. and store it on a
Reference Page, where you can use as a boilerplate table. There is a plugin
that can be used to insert boilerplate content from a Reference Page; I
think it is called AutoText.

Of course, you could use FrameScript to automate the insertion of the table
and the appropriate number of step graphics. Please let me know if you have
any questions or comments. Thank you very much.

Rick

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-659-8267
rick at frameexpert.com


-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 9:01 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Table templates (FrameMaker 10)

Posted for a colleague...

>To maintain consistency with documents created using RoboHelp 7, we need to
create a table template (in FrameMaker 10, as part of TCS3.5) which contains
images of step numbers (copied into anchored frames) in each row. The Table
Designer isn't any help for this requirement and when I insert anchored
frames and images into the table and save, they're not being 'picked up' by
the table template.
> 
>Am I trying to do the impossible? If not, I'd much appreciate any relevant
suggestions.

I suspect that the answer to this is 'yes', but I'd like to be sure.

-- 
Steve