23.3.3.1 Specifying default header and footer counts for all tables

You can specify how many column-header rows, row-header columns, and footer rows the tables in your document typically have. These settings are intended primarily to support WAI interpretation; see §25 Identifying HTML table structure for WAI for more information. Table 23-3 shows the settings.

Table 23-3 Default counts of table header rows/columns and footer rows

[Tables] setting	Default value	[TableAccess] override	Purpose
TableHeaderCols	0	HColsN	Number of columns (counting from the left) to use for row headers
TableHeaderRows	0	HRowsN	Number of rows (counting from the top) to use for column headers, including rows designated Header in FrameMaker
TableFooterRows	0	FRowsN	Number of rows (counting from the bottom) to treat as footer rows for row-grouping purposes, including rows designated Footer in FrameMaker; significant only when HeadFootBodyTags=Yes

Use these settings to establish document-wide defaults for the number of columns in row headers, the number of rows in column headers, and the number of rows in table footers.

[Tables]

; TableHeaderCols = count of cols in which to make td -> th,

; counting from left at the start of each row in the table

TableHeaderCols=0

; TableHeaderRows = count of rows in which to make td -> th,

; counting from the top of the table

TableHeaderRows=0

; TableFooterRows = count of footer rows from bottom of the table,

; significant only when RowGroupIDs = Yes.

TableFooterRows=0

For example, if your tables typically have two FrameMaker-defined Heading rows, and you want the first body row in most of them to be considered a header row also, you would set TableHeaderRows=3. To designate cells in the first column as row headers, set TableHeaderCols=1.

Note:

You need the TableHeaderRows and TableFooterRows settings only if some header/footer rows are misclassified as body rows in FrameMaker. If you consistently use FrameMaker-defined Header and Footer rows for the headers and footers in your tables, you do not need either of these settings.

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