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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Uwe Laubender
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Cool!
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Uwe Laubender
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George Salnik
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I'm repeat! Please merge this thread with this -
https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31112194-allow-page-or-frame-breaks-in-table-cells - it's an equivalent -
Anonymous
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Yes please!
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Petru Strimbeanu
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I'm waiting for this since 2003.
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Jamie
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Yes! This would be a very useful improvement!!
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Damian Gibbs
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YES! One of the biggest frustrations! Table cells which has long content, this would be a very useful upgrade.
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George Salnik
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https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31112194-allow-page-or-frame-breaks-in-table-cells - please merge with this thread too
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Anonymous
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Please, please, please, please add this feature! There is no other way to organize certain data but with a table, and it's rare that it can all be contained on one page!
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Samuel
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It's insane this is not a feature! Hurry up Adobe, fix this...
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Samuel
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This is sad to learn, I always put it down to me not knowing how to do it. Such a shame a powerful software like this lacks such a necessary formatting function.
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Anonymous
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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
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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
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Agreed! This not being an option makes it really awkward working with long tables!
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Anonymous
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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
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This is very true. Please include this feature in InDesign
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George Salnik
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George Salnik
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George Salnik
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George Salnik
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George Salnik
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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"