Set color only in header table

[oscarl10989624]

Hi there

In Table Designer - Shading I can set the color for header and footer but my tables have different colors for each element separately (header black and footer white for example). Currently I have to change the footer with Custom Ruling and Shading for every table I do because changes done with this pod are not stored in the tablet style. 

Is there any way to make this better?

Thanks a lot for your time

[frameexpert · Accepted solution]

You could automate this with ExtendScript and the script could be set to run every time you insert a new table of a particular table format.

[Winfried Reng]

Hi oscarl10989624,

Yes. Rick is right. I also would ask someone to write a script for you. He can do this. Or you find companies here: https://partners.adobetechcomm.com/ 

And: Make a request in the Adobe bug tracker: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/home 

Then post the number here, so that others can vote for it.

Best regards

Winfried

[Matt S - Tech Comm Tools]

Rick's answer is likely your best solution. However, since the only way to achieve your goal is to introduce a table format override, you may end up with subtle management issues down the road if, for instance, you want to update a table style. Of course, additional scripts can be written (Rick's done this for me "more than once," and always with amazing results) but if you can figure a way to adjust your style guide to accommodate default formatting options you'll have one less thing to track in your documents.