I don't think Writer supports anything like cell styles. We can use a table autoformat to change the colors, but I don't know any way to automate that (in the way that changes to colors in paragraph or character styles can be automated).
Macros, autoformats, and similar are fine BUT they have to be applied by the writer/editor/publisher. I would like to find solutions that require the absolutely minimal intervention by a human. If other people think an attractive appearance is more important than speed and ease of use by the docs team, well... I disagree. --Jean On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 19:45 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > Can the color items be handled based on a style (such as a cell style or > similar?) If yes, then we can have different styles depending on the > application? We can also easily write a macro that changes specific > styles to accomplish the targeted release type. > > On 12/03/2010 04:19 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > While producing the full book of Getting Started with OOo, I used the > > BandIt macro to update the tables. BandIt causes the table heading row > > to have a bright blue background to match the headings in the document. > > > > I have some problems with using this color on tables. > > (1) I find the color a bit too dark to easily read the text of the table > > headings. > > (2) When printed in black and white, the color is a bit too dark. > > (3) When the files are reused for LibO, the color must be changed. This > > is easy, but still it's extra work. > > > > For these reasons, I suggest that for the other books we use the light > > gray background that I had previously for the heading row, even though > > that is not as attractive in the color PDF. > > > > BTW, I have not yet used BandIt on the individual chapter files. > > > > --Jean > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
