Copy Special for a Table Tag

[Lin Sims]

Oh, yes, and it's possible that Rick Quattro's TableCleaner plugin would be
useful. It has a few commands to do with applying one cell's (or table's)
properties across all the tables in a single document. Highly recommended!


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you trying to change all the tables in a document from one table tag
> to another table tag, or are you trying to update all the properties of a
> particular table tag?
>
> If the first, you can do it using the Global Update option.
>
>
> 1. Put your cursor inside the one of the tables
> 2. Open Table Designer
> 3. Select the new table tag from the drop-down list
> 4. From the Commands drop-down, select Global Update options
> 5. Select "All Properties" and "All Tagged". Set All Tagged to the OLD
> table tag (the one you want to change FROM)
> 6. Click Update. Click OK to confirm that you want to change all the
> tables tagged with the OLD tag to the NEW tag.
>
> If the second, open the Table Designer, update the properties, and click
> Update All. All tables with the same tag will get the new properties.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Craig Ede <craigede at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a job for an ExtendScript.
>>
>> Craig
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Subject: Copy Special for a Table Tag
>> From: dixit.ponnukasu at tcs.com
>> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:49:39 +0530
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> Just wanted to know if there is a way to apply the table properties
>> through the "Copy Special" option for a table tag in FrameMaker.
>>
>> Right now, I am handling a migration work where the existing content has
>> to be transformed to a different template. For which, this option would be
>> handy.
>>
>> Because if this is feasible, then I can use the Find/Replace - "By
>> Pasting" option and I will be able to convert all the tables in one go as
>> opposed to applying the table tag by individually selecting each table from
>> the document.
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Dixit Ponnukasu
>>
>>
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