Hi all- I'm brand-spankin' new to this structured stuff, so please bear with me and my ignorance....
We have a fabulous unstructured template that has 4 different table formats our writers use to insert alerts (Notes, Tips, Important facts, and Warnings). All of the table formats are single-row, two-column layouts, but each table format (named zNote, zTip, etc.) is unique in two ways: the color of the column rule and the paragraph tag used in the first column of the table, which corresponds to the type of alert (note, tip, etc.). For example: | Note | Note text goes here. Note text always uses one | of two paragraph formats: Note or Note Bullet. | The word Note (or Tip, etc.) is actually a graphic on the reference page that the paragraph format zAnchorNote calls. When a user inserts a Note in the unstructured template, the paragraph formats are automatically assigned. So if a user inserts a Tip and they choose the zTip table format, the word Tip automatically appears in the first column, because the table format is using zAnchorTip, which calls the right graphic from the reference page.... Okay... So here's my structured question, in case anyone's still reading. What's the best way to implement this and still get the same end result? Should I not be using tables? The closest I can get is inserting a table with the same paragraph format assigned to both table cells, which I don't want. How do you specify one paragraph format for one column and a different format for the second column? Thanks for any and all help! -Lin Lin Surasky Technical Writer Retalix USA 520-298-7757 x3109 www.retalix.com