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July 8, 2025
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Change bars on tables

Hello! Is there a work around to be able to add change bars? For some reason, it did not show the change bar when I added it to the anchored table. 

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    frameexpert
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    Community Expert
    July 10, 2025

    I have a script that will add change bars to the entire length of tables and anchored frames. See www.frameexpert.com/store.

    There is a free version for tables at the bottom of the web page.

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    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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    Community Expert
    July 9, 2025

    Hi Andrea, I found your reply in a very old discussion and split it for you. 

    Are you having trouble with a table within a table, or just with a regular table?

     

    Either way, sometimes the change bars on tables get wonky. You may need to manually apply the change bars rather than relying on auto change bars.

     

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Community Expert
    July 8, 2025

    Did you turn on the Track Edits before making the change? According to this - https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/using-framemaker/user-guide/WS6b4ef44559cac226-179a7361454467d0ff-8000.html - it should track tables.

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    Community Expert
    July 9, 2025

    Hi Andrea,

    Do you want to use change bars (Format | Document | Change Bars) or Track Text Edits (toolbar icons or Edit | Track Text Edits)?

    When you use change bars, a newly inserted table does not get any change bars. Only when you enter text in a table.

    Track Text Edits: new tables and new text in tables has Track Text Edits. In fact, when you activate Track Text Edits and insert a table, you have to either keep Track Text Edits activated to enter text in this table, or deactivate it and accept the Track Text Edit of this table.

    Best regards, Winfried

     

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