Losing table vertical alignment when converting ditamap to book

Question

FrameMaker Version: 12.0.4.445 (latest, part of TCS5)
I have a structured project, where several XML files have been arranged into a ditamap.
For one of the XML files, I have a table, where I need to set Cell Vertical Alignment of the cells to MIDDLE.
So using Paragraph Designer > Table Cell, I change the entries from Top to Middle (The defaults were Top).
With the ditamap pane selected, I then go File menu >> Save Ditamap As
I save the ditamap as "Book 12.0 with fm components (*.book)" file type.
In the resulting book, the XML files are now .FM files.
However, at this point, when I open the .FM file that has the table, the cell styles have reverted to TOP.
I've searched high-and-low for a similar issue. This is looking like a bug to me, but can someone confirm?
Thanks

Answer 1

(Perhaps the moderator should move this to the FrameMaker Integration discussion (under RoboHelp).
I've determined the correct settings for my purposes, that being vertical alignment in a FM-to-RH integration project. I originally thought it was specifically a FrameMaker issue, though the solution also involves settings in RoboHelp. Here are my findings:
1. For the selected FM table, note its Table Tag in the Table Designer (e.g., FormatA). This will be used later.
2. If there is table Entry > Image element, then select the Image element, and set its placement attribute = inline.
Though inline is supposed to be the default, I found it necessary to state explicitly in order to control alignment of image within a RH table cell.
3. Moving on from FM, in the CSS file that you are using with your RH project, suppose that you have defined your table as follows. Note that I'm using "CenterMiddle" as the title.
table.CenterMiddle {
  width: 100% ! important ;  /* This forces the RH table to autofit the window */
  text-align: Center;
  font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";
  border-left-style: Solid;
  border-left-width: 1px;
  border-left-color: #000000;
  border-right-style: Solid;
  border-right-width: 1px;
  border-right-color: #000000;
  border-top-style: Solid;
  border-top-width: 1px;
  border-top-color: #000000;
  border-bottom-style: Solid;
  border-bottom-width: 1px;
  border-bottom-color: #000000;
.CenterMiddle td {
  vertical-align: middle ! important ;  /* This forces the individual cells to align vertically */
  border-color: #000000;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 1px;
4. Go to the RH project to which the FM project is linked.
5. Go File menu > Project Settings.
6. In the FrameMaker Document group, click Edit.
7. Under FrameMaker Settings, locate the Table style that you noted in step (1), and set it to the name of your table from (3).
At this point, you can update all the FM components in your RH project, and compile the RH project to get the desired results. In my case, I needed both text and images in the table cells to have vertical alignment = middle.