How to Copy FrameMaker Table Background Color from One Row to Another – 3 Methods

If you want to copy the background color from one row to another in an Adobe FrameMaker table there are a few methods to do it.

METHOD 1

1) Select the row from where you’d like to copy the background color.
2) Right-click and from the pop-up menu select “Custom Ruling and Shading” to display the Custom Ruling and Shading dialog box:

CAUTION: Unselect the Custom Cell Ruling check-box in order not change any of the ruling settings inadvertently.
3) Select the Custom Cell Shading check-box.
4) Click Show Current Settings button to display the Show Current Settings information screen:

5) Make note of the Fill and Color of the current color. Click Done to close it.
6) Right click and from the pop-up menu select the “Add Rows or Columns…” option to create a new row. Select it. From the Custom Ruling and Shading dialog box select the same Fill and Color values that you’ve noted earlier. Click Apply and you are done.

METHOD 2

Use this method if the new row is adjacent to the one from where you’d like to copy the backgrounds color.
1) Select the first row.
2) Right click and from the pop-up menu select the “Add Rows or Columns…” option to display the Add Rows or Columns dialog box:

3) Select the number of rows you’d like to add either before or after the selected row.
4) Click Add. A new blank row(s) with the same background color will be added even if the selected row has different content in it.

METHOD 3

1) Select the row the background color of which you’d like paste to another row.
2) Select a row as the target for your paste operation.
3) Press CTRL + V for pasting to display the Paste Rows dialog box:

4) Select an option and then click Paste.

NOTE: This method will paste all the content in the original row as well. Thus if you use this method you may have to do a little clean up in the newly created row.