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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Craig,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I don't think this has changed for FrameMaker 10 and 11. For regular shading intervals, yes, you would do this via a Table Format. To specify custom shading based on an attribute value, for example, you would have to do this with an FDK client, or FrameScript or ExtendScript script. If you need more details, please contact me offlist. Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rick Quatro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Carmen Publishing Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>585-283-5045<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>rick@frameexpert.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Craig Ede<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com; framemaker-dita@yahoogroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> structured frame xml: controlling cell shading<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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>