Change column width of multiple tables

[abbyb26]

I hope there is a simple answer to this, but is there a script that anyone has developed for incorporating a set column width into a table style?  If not, is there a script for setting one column width for every column in an InDesign document?

Thank you so much in advance.

[flaming1]

This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but it does format a table to defined widths.

I got this script many years ago and unfortunately I am unable to determine where I got it from or who wrote it, so apologies to the author.

It works for me as I need to format a whole bunch of tables to the same column widths within a document. Just change the values for the widths (in the second line of the script) and save it. Then select your table and apply.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var myWidths = [96, 19, 19, 19];

for(var T=0; T < myDoc.textFrames.length; T++){

for(var i=0; i < myDoc.textFrames[T].tables.length; i++){

for(var j=0; j < myWidths.length; j++){

myDoc.textFrames[T].tables[i].columns[j].width = myWidths[j];

}

}

}

alert("Table width updated successfully...");

I hope this helps.

[Laubender]

Hi abbyb26,

yes, I think someone did, some years ago.

Gerald Singelmann's AutoSpalte script.

From his website in German:

https://www.cuppascript.com/tabellenspalten-numerisch-setzen/

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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