FrameMaker 8 Table subheads

[Combs, Richard]

George, Brenda wrote:
 
> I am working with Structured FrameMaker 8. I need to redesign a table so that
> the rows in the table that display subheads are formatted differently from the
> table header. <snip>
> 
> I am thinking that I can create the subhead 30% blue bar by creating a graphic
> on the reference page, and then applying it to a paragragh tag. The problem
> with this is that I can't figure out how to offset the text so that it is
> centered vertically in the subhead bar.

I can't help with the structure/ XML part of the problem, but I can assure you that a reference page graphic is absolutely the wrong way to change the color of a table cell. In unstructured documents, you do this by applying custom shading to the cell or cells (Table > Format > Custom Ruling & Shading). 

How you get from a subhead element in the XML to a table cell/row with custom shading is beyond my ken, but I'm sure someone else can help with that. 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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