Border colors in FrameMaker tables

IMHO you have just changed the colour in the setup of Custom Ruling and Shading > Edit Ruling Style …

To have different colours for different table styles, you need to set up, for example

1_pt_red based on 1_pt (which uses black)

and use this 1_pt_red ruling in the table style "xyz-framed-red".

How do you create the different table styles?

Every FrameMaker table has a table tag such as "Format A" or "Border Blue". A FrameMaker document has a table catalog. Entries in the catalog include a table tag as well as various properties such as ruling and shading colors. When you create a new table, you select a table style (historically called format) from the catalog as a starting point for its style. If you make changes, you can apply the changes to that individual table, to all tables with that style, or to all tables. In particular:

1. To apply the changes to the individual table, click the Apply button in the lower right of the Table Designer.

2. To apply the changes to all tables of a particular style, click the Update Style button (the center button at the bottom of the Table Designer).

3. To apply the changes to all tables, select Global Update Options from the pull-down menu in the bottom left of the Table Designer.

From your description, I wonder if you have defined different table styles for the different formatting you want. To create a new format, simply type its name in the Style box at the top of the Table designer. The label of the center button will change from Update Style to Create Style.

Once you have defined styles in the table catalog for the different appearances you want, apply the appropriate style to each existing table. Select the style from the pull-down menu at the right of the Style box and then click Apply.

 --Lynne