Applescript InDesign to Merge and Format Table Cells

The subject line says it all:
I have a document with a table that covers about 100 pages. The table has five or six columns, 25 to 35 rows. I want to be put my curser in a cell on a row, merge the cells in the row, then apply a paragraph format and a cell format.
And I have no idea how to do that.
Is anyone willing to give me a hand?
Thanks!
Jon.

@Jon – See the following blog post:
Marc Autret
Improve the Way you Merge Cells in InDesign
http://www.indiscripts.com/post/2012/04/improve-the-way-you-merge-cells-in-indesign
Uwe

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