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I want to be able to select multiple table rows that are not connected.

I would like the ability to select multiple table rows that are not connected. For example, I expected to be able to CTRL+Select the rows I want to change the fill color. For example, if I have 20 rows, but I want to select Row 2, 6, 8, 14, and 17 so that I am able to edit the fill color/text color/row height, etc. in those rows only. Currently, I have to do them all individually and in much larger tables (50+ rows.) It's such a pain!

The ability to fill every other row, or every third, etc. in the table styles is handy, but it isn't effective in every situation.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes! And while you're at it, make it also possible to select multiple paragraphs or lines or words of text that are not connected.

    (Sometimes it's good to borrow from Word).

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    is this feature still not in place!!??

  • Laura T commented  ·   ·  Report

    ALSO: The ability to select rows/columns/cells from multiple separate tables.

    If I've got 20 tables on a page and I need to make a series of changes to a few cells in every table, currently I've got to go through the whole process for every. single. (non-contiguous) cell. Why can't I just select all of the relevant cells and go through those changes once?

  • Daniel Steiger commented  ·   ·  Report

    It would also be nice, if you can mark several character or word and change them in a different style

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    How has it taken almost TWO YEARS for this idea even to be responded to????? And why wasn't it just inbuilt in the first place?

  • Michael Moik commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please add, would be super helpful. On the contrary, also a reason for designers to start interconnecting Excel and InDesign ;)

  • Nick commented  ·   ·  Report

    Who is the PM for InDesign, and how is this NOT a thing?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    So much needed. I can't think of how many hours have been wasted applying styling on a cell-by-cell basis...

  • Franck Payen commented  ·   ·  Report

    I confirme, especially for any "non usual workflow" in inDesign, like building a schedule or other, that would help a lot.

  • Jeff Heikkinen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Don't feel it has to be rows or columns only. Being able to CTRL-click to select an arbitrary group of cells would be very useful for many types of tables I work with.

  • Lindsey Thomas Martin commented  ·   ·  Report

    Glad to see that you are considering this and hope that you will include columns, as I suggested in request, Discontiguous selection of rows and columns: 'Being able to select rows and columns that are not adjacent to one another would useful to me. For example, one would like to select columns 1 to 3 and 5 to 7, leaving column 4 unselected. Often I need to adjust the width of some columns or the height of some rows, leaving others in the middle of the table unadjusted. One instance is when I use a blank column or row to separate groups of data; another is when several discontiguous columns have much longer labels than other columns.'

  • Rombout Versluijs commented  ·   ·  Report

    I guess this can only be done by scripting. Using that its sort of a breeze, but setting up such scripts and understanding is a complet different world :(
    I would be a breeze if we had an Interface like GREP, where you can use "simple" to setup properties for a table. That would be even better than scripting, since users sort of understand that. Adjusting a table would be breeze :)

  • Rombout Versluijs commented  ·   ·  Report

    I guess this can only be done by scripting. Using that its sort of a breeze, but setting up such scripts and understanding is a complete different world :(

  • Magda commented  ·   ·  Report

    ADOBE HEAR OUR CRIES! Please add this feature asap!!!!

  • Travis Bunn commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is common practice in many applications and definitely should be included. This has added so much time to my data entry on tables.

  • Thai Mac commented  ·   ·  Report

    Really need this as well. And considering it's been a few years now, Adobe is just plain refusing to. How unfortunate.

  • Michelle commented  ·   ·  Report

    How is this NOT a feature??? WORD HAS THIS

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    PLEASE fix this! Seems like this should be on your list of updates!

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