InDesign and style sheets

Hello there,
I'm new to InDesign and have searched the Help menu but couldn't find the info I wanted. Can anyone tell me if there is an option to apply style sheets in InDesign when doing a brochure layout as there is in Quark. It's a great time saver.
Thanks,
m

Rey,
When the keyboard shortcut is grayed out it means that another paragraph or character style has been assigned that keyboard shortcut AFTER you assigned it initially. Either assign a new keyboard shortcut or find the one that is not grayed out and reassign a new keyboard shortcut or remove the shortcut altogether. Hope this helps.
Regards,
Len Swierski

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Hi all,
I am strungling using tables in RoboHelp HTML 7, to generate
webhelp.
What I try to accomplish is using tables in RH, and have its
formatting defined in a style sheet. The html code generated by RH
should be nice and clean. If possible I would not like to go into
the HTML code, I prefer the use of the Design editor.
I have the following in a new file in the RoboHelp table
gallery:
quote:
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<thead>
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<tbody>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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quote:
table {
border: 2px #c0c0c0 solid;
border-collapse: collapse;
width: "100%";
margin: 10px;
td, th {
border: 1px #c0c0c0 solid;
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 10px;
text-align: left;
vertical-align: top;
th {
background: #ffc000;
When I insert a table into a page, using the table file I
created above, the html looks like:
quote:
<table x-use-null-cells>
<col style="width: 33.333%;">
<col style="width: 33.333%;">
<col style="width: 33.333%;">
<tr><td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left:
10px;" width=33.333%>
<p> </td>
<td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"
width=33.333%>
<p> </td>
<td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"
width=33.333%>
<p> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left:
10px;" width=33.333%>
<p> </td>
<td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"
width=33.333%>
<p> </td>
<td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"
width=33.333%>
<p> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left:
10px;" width=33.333%>
<p> </td>
<td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"
width=33.333%>
<p> </td>
<td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"
width=33.333%>
<p> </td></tr>
</table>
So, RoboHelp adds a number of styles to the inserted table
that overrules the style sheet. That shouldn't be done.
Also, in the RoboHelp editor the table looks different than
in the preview. That shouldn't be a big deal, but something is
missing:
- There's no table caption shown.
- The background in the table header is not colored as I
expected to be.
To eliminate the behavior of RoboHelp with respect to the
table gallery, I created a new page in RoboHelp, and opened the
HTML view. I inserted the following to create a new table.
quote:
<table>
<caption>CAPTIONTITLE</caption>
<COL style="width: 5%;">
<COL style="width: 40%;">
<thead>
<tr><th></th><th></th></tr>
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<tbody>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
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When switching to Design view and bach to HTML, it has been
converted by RoboHelp to:
quote:
<table x-use-null-cells>
<col style="width: 5%;">
<col style="width: 40%;">
<caption>CAPTIONTITLE</caption>
<tr><th style="width: 5%;" width=5%>
<p> </th>
<th style="width: 40%;" width=40%>
<p> </th></tr>
<tr><td style="width: 5%;" width=5%>
<p> </td>
<td style="width: 40%;" width=40%>
<p> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="width: 5%;" width=5%>
<p> </td>
<td style="width: 40%;" width=40%>
<p> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="width: 5%;" width=5%>
<p> </td>
<td style="width: 40%;" width=40%>
<p> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="width: 5%;" width=5%>
<p> </td>
<td style="width: 40%;" width=40%>
<p> </td></tr>
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That seems ok, there are no styles redefined, other that the
width.
In Design view the table looks different than intended,
however in preview it is as expected. I shows the caption tile, and
the background of the table header, and text alignment is correct
(at the top of each cell).
So, my interpretation is that RoboHelp messes up the nice and
neat html code when using the table gallery, and does not show the
table in Design view as it would like in the Preview.
As a consequence I think I will copy and paste the table code
into the html directly, rather than using the table gallery.
Unless, there's a good solution by using the table gallery.
It would also be nice that the Design view behaves as a
WYSIWYG editor.
Has anyone an idea how I can use tables in RoboHelp as easy
as possible, while keeping the benefits of style sheets?
TIA,
Andre
BTW, my excuses for using quotes rather than attach code, but
it seemed all code was added to the end.

You should avoid locking yourself into a single solution for
anything to do with RH (or any other help authoring tool, for that
matter). Whether dealing with lists, tables, or images (the three
major areas that usually create problems), it's wise to strike a
balance between the features and drawbacks in HTML, CSS, RH, and
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BTW, another look at your original post shows that your claim
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change is that the
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or P tag in the CSS, thereby resulting in the value being increased
to the total of 10px.
Good luck,
Leon

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