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Dividing a table between two pages.

New Here ,
Dec 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023

Hello Everyone! 

 

I am reacquainting myself with InDesign after a couple of years of being out the workforce. 

 

Could someone remind me how to put the yellow part of the table in a different frame (next page over)? I've tried a couple of things including resizing the frame so the threading red plus sign square would pop up but that doesn't work. 

 

thank you!

 

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Community Expert ,
Dec 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023

You can’t. Tables can only be split between frames verically. The position of the frames is not the issue (that is, you can place the frames next to each other) but the break between text in frame one and text in frame 2 is vertical. If the yellow cells were separate rows instead of separate columns you could do it.

 

A workaround would be to insert a column between the blue and yellow columns and put the table in one frame. The inserted column would act as a gutter between the two parts of the table.

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New Here ,
Dec 16, 2023 Dec 16, 2023

Thanks! 

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Community Expert ,
Dec 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023

In such cases I draw a text frame accross both pages of the spread. I insert in the spine area a empty column with no color. 
It is faking 2 frames, but it works. 

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New Here ,
Dec 16, 2023 Dec 16, 2023

Thanks!

 

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Enthusiast ,
Dec 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023

It is not possible to separate the table horizontally. But, If this is important for you to do in that way then try to rotate the frame vertically and youi will get the Red Plus sign in that way you can split it... But this is not the right way of working.

Create TWO separate table or Instead of inserting columns try to insert more rows and separate it to the next frame.

 

tx

 

 

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New Here ,
Dec 16, 2023 Dec 16, 2023

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LEGEND ,
Dec 16, 2023 Dec 16, 2023

How adding more rows will shift some columns to the next TextFrame?? 

 

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New Here ,
Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025

Hi, try out this script! It does the job for you automatically 

https://voadewumi.gumroad.com/l/yyvto

 

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Community Expert ,
Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025
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Does this split columns, or [just] rows?

Also, if it splits columns too, do they lose the flow as one table?

 

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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