Option to split table rows across pages
Lord please, if you're up there, answer our INDD prayers and make this a feature. A LOT of tables have rows with more content than can be held in a single page or bottom of a page. It's impossible to layout a continuous book or brochure if I can't get the table text to split - it doesn't have to be the default, but give me the option - please, please. WORD does this, be better than Word!!
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Anonymous commented
please also look at text formatting of tables crashing InDesign - had to reinstall the programme this week, not enjoying this table stuff at all...
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Steve Edwards commented
That's been a real issue for us and we end up splitting rows manually which is a pain when you have to do any reformatting. Totally agree that tables in Word are far superior to InDesign. The whole feature could do with a bit of an overhaul.
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Anonymous commented
Agreed! This not being an option makes it really awkward working with long tables!
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Anonymous commented
Oh my goodness! And I thought I was doing something wrong or missed something because I surely thought this was an obvious or automated situation. I don't use tables often because it's a bit clunky to design with, probably because of missing features just like this one. Please update to include something as "simple" as this one.
I can also say that the charts feature in Illustrator is another antiquated one as well.
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Andrey commented
This is very true. Please include this feature in InDesign
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George Salnik commented
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George Salnik commented
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George Salnik commented
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George Salnik commented
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George Salnik commented
Here the copy of mine request that I send through beta-test feature requests from CS4:
"Dear developers of InDesign,
Thanks for all the effort you’ve put into making our pagesetting work easier.
For maybe 10 years already I’ve been sending requests for a single function to be implemented, namely:
It is necessary to have table cells containing a very large amount of text splitting between pages (at present a cell is lipped over to a page completely)I’d like to point out that MS Word has had this capability for over 25 years, but it is not a pagesetting application of course. his functionality is very important for setting technical publications where long tables containing most of the publication’s text are frequent.
I’ve started topics devoted to this request at the prerelease forums for CS4 and CS5, than CS6, than CC testing and was told that that would be too expensive. After all those years could it be possible to set aside some funds?
Technical publications are built around tables; it is very important, and as an attempt to find a way out, a script has been developed by the leading Russian professional community, RUDTP http://forum.rudtp.ru/showthread.php?t=47080&p=537664&viewfull=1#post537664
That script kind of provides the functionality of splitting a cell into several page-sized pieces, but the script must be run after completing setting the publication, and any subsequent editing wrecks the publication utterly.
I’m hoping this topic will be noticed this time, not passed over as before. in advance thanks
George Salnik
Adobe InDesign Certified Instructor" -
Tim Van Hecke commented
Let's hope this gets done asap, i hate depending on Word for this.
I could use this feature several times a week. -
tomatej commented
I need this
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Elena commented
Where do I have to sign? Please guys add this feature!
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Susan commented
I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to split my table with no success, of course. Who would have thought it not necessary to add such a basic function/option?
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Gary Vennarucci commented
OMG been searching on how to do this for over a year now and finally came across this page. PLEASE ADD THIS SIMPLE, YET EXPECTED FEATURE!!! It's made my life hell without it....
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Gary Vennarucci commented
OMG been searching on how to do this for over a year now and finally came across this page. PLEASE ADD THIS SIMPLE, YET EXPECTED FEATURE!!! It's made my life hell without it....
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Jeremy Nganga commented
I want to add my voice to the need to introduce a feature to break a cell when placing a table from Word, etc. This will enable the table to flow in pages when one cell has too much text.
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Anonymous commented
DITTO!!! I use this feature ALL time in Word!
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Anonymous commented
I'm developing a 500 page medical text with large tables of Medications. Locking tables inline then having to split them over 3 pages gives me the sense that im not using InDesign properly. It turns out (reading this page) that auto splitting tables over pages isn't actually a feature.
Word doesn't come close to InDesign functionality (the sooner the rest of the office working public realise that the better). Whack another feather in Adobe's hat by adding this function coding boffins. When you've finished that, we still need hoverboards
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Bhupathi L commented
Adding my vote to include this feature in upcoming 2019 release.