24.1.2 Understanding precedence of assignment methods

Many settings for selected tables (and for table rows and cells) can be specified several ways. Table 24-1 lists the assignment methods, in order of precedence. When you specify a value for the same property in more than one way for a given table or cell, the value specified by the method with the highest precedence is the value that takes effect in HTML output. In some cases, multiple assignments of the same value result in duplicate HTML code. When this happens, the assignment with the higher precedence takes effect, because that assignment appears first in the output.

Table 24-1 Precedence of table and cell property assignment methods

Precedence	Type	Assignment method	Ref.
Highest	FrameMaker custom marker	Content of Config or HTMConfig marker, or marker whose name starts with Table, Row, or Cell and ends with an attribute name	24.4.4
	Mif2Go macro	Code in [Table*Attributes] or [Table*Macros]	24.6
	FrameMaker table or cell property	Properties assigned via Table Designer, or via Custom Ruling and Shading (where corresponding HTML attributes exist)	Frame-Maker Help
	Configuration setting	Settings in [TableAccess] or [TableAttributes]	24.3.2.6, 24.4.1
	Configuration setting	Settings in [Attributes]	24.4.1
Lowest	Configuration setting	Settings in [Tables]	24.3.2, 24.4.8

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