<div dir="ltr">Yep. Fred's right. Which is (one of the many reasons) why Rick's plugin is so damned handy. It'll update all the cell formats and you can alter all the table widths.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Fred Ridder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:docudoc@hotmail.com" target="_blank">docudoc@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">But note that not all properties of a table format are applied to an existing table when you change it to a new format. Column widths, in particular, are not changed after the fact; the column widths that are part of a table format are only the defaults that are applied to a *new* table. Same thing for the paragraph tags that are remembered for the heading row, and the first row and column of the body; these are only the defaults that will be applied to a new table.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>-Fred Ridder<br></font></span><div class="hm HOEnZb"><br></div><div><div class="hm HOEnZb"><hr>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:46:29 -0400<br>Subject: Re: Copy Special for a Table Tag<br>From: <a href="mailto:ljsims.ml@gmail.com" target="_blank">ljsims.ml@gmail.com</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:craigede@hotmail.com" target="_blank">craigede@hotmail.com</a><br>CC: <a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>; <a href="mailto:dixit.ponnukasu@tcs.com" target="_blank">dixit.ponnukasu@tcs.com</a></div>
<div class=""><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>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?<br>
<br></div>If the first, you can do it using the Global Update option.<br><br><br></div>1. Put your cursor inside the one of the tables<br></div>2. Open Table Designer<br></div>3. Select the new table tag from the drop-down list<br>
</div>4. From the Commands drop-down, select Global Update options<br></div>5. Select "All Properties" and "All Tagged". Set All Tagged to the OLD table tag (the one you want to change FROM)<br></div>
6. Click Update. Click OK to confirm that you want to change all the tables tagged with the OLD tag to the NEW tag.<br>
<div><div><div><br></div><div>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.<br><br><br></div></div></div></div><div>
<br><br><div>On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Craig Ede <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craigede@hotmail.com" target="_blank">craigede@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Sounds like a job for an ExtendScript.<br><br>Craig<br><br><div><hr>Subject: Copy Special for a Table Tag<br>From: <a href="mailto:dixit.ponnukasu@tcs.com" target="_blank">dixit.ponnukasu@tcs.com</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com" target="_blank">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:49:39 +0530<div><br><div><br><br><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div>
<div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi,</font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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. </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please advise.</font></div><br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks & Regards</font><br>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dixit Ponnukasu</font><br></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div> </div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Lin Sims
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