OK, you need one more of my scripts: TableCleaner. It allows you to resize existing table columns in batches.
https://frameexpert.com/store/TableCleanerES.pdf -----Original Message----- From: Framers <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tammy Van Boening Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 4:54 PM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <[email protected]> Subject: [Framers] Changing table layouts in a batch function So, I don't know if I can even describe this clearly, but I will give it my best shot. I have a LONG time client (since 2008) that got bought out two years ago and is wanting to bring up all their current manuals from their old branding to the branding of their new owner. The most "recent" versions of some of these manuals are over 10 years old . . .sigh. I use a classic Framemaker trick of a two column, 1 row table for notes, tips, cautions, etc. These tables have only outside borders visible. The inside border between the first and second columns is invisible. In the first column, there is always a paragraph tag that starts with the word "Anchor" and then the second part identifies the type of graphic. For example, Anchor_Tip is used for the a Tip Table and the tag results in the display of the Tip icon in the first column. This icon is placed on a Reference page that holds all my document graphics. In this case, the frame that holds this graphic is named TipGraphic and it is selected on the Advanced Tab > Frame Below Pgf option for the Anchor_Tip paragraph tag. The Tip Table in the old document was set to a specific column size of .513 in for the first column and 5.07 inches for the second column and everything was placed/aligned beautifully. With the new folks, I have had to update my graphics - not in name, but in color and size to meet the new company's branding requirements and I am also having to use their corporate font for all text, so the text in the second column is changed as well. As a result, to get the alignment of graphic and text in these tables aligned correctly again, I have had to adjust my column size to .63 in for the first column and 4.956 inches for the second column. I have a rock solid template that contains all my updated paragraph tags, character tags, that meet the new folks' branding standards and I use Rick Quatro's wonderful Find Change Format Batch script to map all the current formats in the document to all the new formats and blow out any old formats that I don't need. After I do this, I use Rick's Import Format Special Script to import All the formats, reference pages, master pages, etc. from the template into the old guide and then of course, some manual clean up definitely follows. In this scenario, these tables are properly updated with the new graphics for tip, caution, note, etc. in the first column and the text in the second column is now the proper font, but the table columns do NOT resize. I have tried everything in my playbook to get these columns to resize manually and no joy. I have selected a new table that is properly sized and used the global update option in the Table Designer and no joy. I have manually resized the colu mns of an old table and then used the Update Style option in the Table Designer for the selected table and no joy. Right now, all I can do is copy the text from the second column, blow away the old table and insert the new table, and then paste the text, but I have WAY too many tables to do this for every single freaking chapter in every guide. (Banging head!!) If anybody has any insight/thoughts (besides the usual of drinking heavily and banging my head in frustration for accepting this project), I would be most grateful. TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc dot com www.spectrumwritingllc.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
