Adding a space at edges of table ruling

Question

My company has requested a new template of table to use where the outside edges of the table is a thin black line, and the rows are separated by a thin black line. However, the rulings for the rows should stop short of intersecting with the outside edges of the table. Is there a way to implement this in Framemaker without a cumbersome workaround?

Bob_Niland · Accepted Answer

A quick hack would be to add an extra top&bottom row, left&right row, that have [None] internal ruling. Apply ruling&shading to make the empty gutter around the content cells, and use various techniques to set the height of the empty rows and width of the empty columns.

You can also put a Table (with no outside borders) in a Text Frame in an Anchored Frame, with the AF providing the gapped outside border. This, and other hacks, would require some testing to ensure that it flows as intended to all output formats.

… and then the art director will ask for rounded corners …

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