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Sep 16, 2026 2:11 PM UTC
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Split content automatically in indesign

Hi! I’m designing a document with many tables, and I can’t figure out how to get InDesign to automatically split cell content across page breaks; instead, it’s creating unwanted empty space at the bottom of the pages. Is there a way to solve this problem?

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    Community Expert
    Sep 17, 2026 5:32 AM UTC

    You have to split the cell manually and then remove/add any cell strokes around the text you want. For instance if you have a large paragraph or a list in the cell, it’s best to have them on individual rows, then then remove the stroke between them, so they appear as a list still, but have an individual row. 

     

    It's very manual and slow. 

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    BobLevine
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    Community Expert
    Sep 16, 2026 2:45 PM UTC

    Can’t be done unfortunately. Some creative editing can solve some of the spacing issues.

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    Peter Kahrel
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    Community Expert
    Sep 16, 2026 2:16 PM UTC

    No, there isn’t. Cell-breaking is a much requested feature, but we’re still waiting.

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