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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>I'm interested in controlling cell shading in structured xml documents. The following entry in the <b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A8AAAD'>DEVELOPING STRUCTURED APPLICATIONS WITH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>ADOBE® FRAMEMAKER® </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>9 gives me pause:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Bold;color:#A8AAAD'>Tables<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black'>FrameMaker table formats are only partially integrated with the structure model. The content of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black'>a FrameMaker table is always fully structured, but the control over cell border ruling is limited and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black'>there is no structure format control over cell shading.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does this mean that there is no way to import xml information to dictate cell shading? I'm interested in both options: controlling regular shading patterns (like every third row), <span style='color:#1F497D'>and</span> specifying cell shading on an ad-hoc cell-by-cell basis. I believe the regular patterns of shading can be done by using a table format defined in the structured template. Is this true? And is ad hoc cell shading impossible?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BTW: The FM 9 document is the most current I can find. I am working in both FM10 and FM11.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Craig<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I'm sending this to both the framers and the framemaker-dita lists, but the question is really broader than strict DITA restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>