Removing Custom Ruling & Shading

Tables imported from Word often have custom ruling and shading applied to every cell in the table. In FrameMaker, custom ruling and shading settings override the settings in the Table Designer. In order to change your tables through the Table Designer, it is necessary to remove custom ruling and shading from the tables. TableCleaner gives you three ways to accomplish this quickly.

From Selected Cells

Select one or more cells and choose Table > Remove Custom Ruling & Shading > From Selected Cells. TableCleaner removes all ruling, shading, and color overrides from the selected cells.

From Selected Table

Click in a table and choose Table > Remove Custom Ruling & Shading > From Selected Table. TableCleaner removes all ruling, shading, and color overrides from all of the cells in the table.

From All Tables in Document

Choose Table > Remove Custom Ruling & Shading > From All Tables in Document to remove all ruling, shading, and color overrides from all of the tables in the current document.

To move table format names from one scroll list to the other, do one of the following:

• Select a format name in the list, and click the appropriate arrow button.
• Double-click on a format name in the list.

To move all of the format names to the opposite scroll list, do one of the following:

• Select a format name in the list, and shift-click the appropriate arrow button.
• Shift-double-click on a format name in the list.

Check Save document before removing custom ruling and shading to save the document before the command runs. This will allow you to use File > Revert to saved to undo the changes.

NOTE: If you choose the Save option for an Untitled document, you will be prompted for a location and name for the file. Cancelling the Save dialog does not cancel the Remove Custom Ruling and Shading command.