Columns are restricted to 40 in Indesign

[peterp91611794]

Hello - any idea why columns are restricted to 40 in Indesign - I need to insert 360 columns for each day of the year

[Derek Cross]

Why not create a Table?

[Steve Werner]

I agree with Derek. Tables would be better. InDesign has always been limited to 40 columns.

[peterp91611794]

thank you Derek and Steve - interesting to know the limited columns - when I went to create the tables this also limited to 200? 

[Barb Binder]

Well, yes. InDesign is capping the number of columns in a table at 200. The only workarounds I can think of are to put two tables side-by-side, or do this in Excel, save as a PDF and place the PDF into InDesign. I think I would chose the latter option.

~Barb

[Barb Binder]

Those are column guides. Columns are restricted to 216, and with the gutter set to 0, will function the same way as guides. But I agree that you should set this up as a table. 

~Barb

[peterp91611794]

thanks Barb

[Eugene Tyson]

Set it up as guides perhaps - drag a guide from the Ruler on the left and the top 

View>Show Ruler

Document say 297mm 

And you want 365

297/365=.81

Select the Guide

In the X co ordinates set it to 0 or to the page margin 

With it still selected beside 0 type in +.81mm
And hold down ALT and press enter - which copys the guide

Then press and hold CTRL ALT 4 (or CMD ALT 4 on Mac)

This redoes the previous action

And then fill the page with the guides for every day.

Basically hold it down for 365 times

Takes a minute... 

Not elegant at all 

Gets a result though

[Eugene Tyson]

So it can be done with a trick

No limit on the amount of rows

So you can create a table with 365 rows and 52 columns

Rotate your Text Frame holding the table

Then set the Text Rotation within the Cell to be rotated to read the correct way.

It all comes with caveats - the width is now the height - and vice versa

And you probably wouldn't be able to use Table Headers. 

And remember your orientation. 

Can it be done - yes - is it perfect - not by a long shot