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sparklyfirefly
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May 16, 2013
Question

Alternate row shading in tables

  • May 16, 2013
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Hi all

I've been trying again and again to get alternate rows of my long table in Frame 11 to be shaded.

I succeeded, then did something to remove them, and now I CANNOT get them to reapply.

I am using the Table Designer, Shading tab.

The Heading and Footing Shading works fine, it changes as I change colour or fill.

But the Body Shading refuses to.

Have set Body shading to Shade by Body Rows

First : 1

Fill 3%

Color: Secondary Blue

Next 1

Fill: None   

Colour White

When I apply, nothing seems to change. I have the whole table highlighted.

The Custom Ruling and Shading dialog works fine but this is a long table and I don't want to go down that route. Though given the amount of time I've spent on this I probably could have done it twice over...

Can anyone help please? It feels like a FM bug but it could just be something I'm doing wrong.

Thanks

Laura

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    sparklyfireflyAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 3, 2013

    I have discovered what the problem was.

    Framemaker was still counting the rows that I had straddled, as UNstraddled when it came to shading.

    I unstraddled the rows, and they were shaded alternately.

    So the solution seems to be to unstraddle (you can select the entire table for this), and delete spare rows.

    Frame automatically applies correct shading as you go along.

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2013

    > When I apply, nothing seems to change. I have the whole table highlighted.

    In Table Designer, have you tried [ Update All ] for tables of that catalog name?

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    sparklyfireflyAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 16, 2013

    Hi, yes I have tried this but it doesn't work.

    On Thu, 16 May 2013 03:52:50 -0700, Error7103

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2013

    Sure enough, it doesn't. So do this:

    Select all of table.

    Table > Custom Ruling and Shading

  • Custom Cell Shading:

    Fill: [From Table] Color: [From Table]

    [ Apply ]

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