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INDD Table- Can you autoflow changing the cell height

  • January 20, 2023
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Is it possible for the extra space in the cell height to disappear and auto-move up the cell bellow? So January is say one line of white text. The Feb. moves up and since it only has two lines of text- March & April shift up. 

Same thing with May, August, and October- lots of unnecessary white space due to the overall row height. 

I can adjust the row height- but I really want to shift the individual cell heights. It would be fine to do it manually since it is only a few cells... but even better if there is a way to have it autoflow, removing all the extra white space. I realize that will make for an uneven distribution, I might be fine with that. 

Has anyone done this before and know if it is possible?

 

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Correct answer Eric Dumas

Hi, in InDesign, the rows do not break, which means the cells of the same row maintain the same height.

In you cace, I would 'fake it'.

I would be tempetd to try this:

  • Get the text in a single story, for example: type the month with a Paragraph style that formats the text to look like a coloured box with text in the middle and use rulers to add the horizontal lines. Main text formatted in a different paragraph style. 
  • Place the text in a text frame with 3 columns. The month P format can force a start at the top of the next column instead of breaking across columns.
  • Your Master page (Parent) can have the vertical lines 

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Eric Dumas
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Eric DumasCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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January 20, 2023

Hi, in InDesign, the rows do not break, which means the cells of the same row maintain the same height.

In you cace, I would 'fake it'.

I would be tempetd to try this:

  • Get the text in a single story, for example: type the month with a Paragraph style that formats the text to look like a coloured box with text in the middle and use rulers to add the horizontal lines. Main text formatted in a different paragraph style. 
  • Place the text in a text frame with 3 columns. The month P format can force a start at the top of the next column instead of breaking across columns.
  • Your Master page (Parent) can have the vertical lines 
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    Snow OwlAuthor
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    January 20, 2023

    Dropping it into a 3 column format. Fast to copy all text and then do a Paragraph style for the headers and brillant for doing the lines in the master page- I hadn't thought of that. not done- but a quick solution for the rough draft. Thanks Eric. 

     

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    Snow OwlAuthor
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    January 20, 2023

    If you shift cells in columns vertically - it's no longer a "table" - it's just "boxed" representation of some information - which could be even harder to achieve than text flowing in multiple columns. 

     

    But of course - everything depends on the end goal 😉 

     


    Feel free to tell me how to achieve what I was going for in a table Robert. I'm always happy to learn for the next time, and it sounds like you know how to do it. Maybe share?

     

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