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How to Save Column Widths in a Table Format in InDesign?

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Oct 19, 2024 Oct 19, 2024

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If I make three columns in indesign and I give them three different width in the panel "Table".

How do I save this information in a table format?

 

And by the way, I can't really make the table format do anything, If I mark a whole table and choose save table format it doesn't seem to pick up the number of cells in the saved format. That is how paragraph format works but not table formats?

 

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Oct 19, 2024 Oct 19, 2024

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Column width and row height are not attributes you can define in a Table Style or a Cell Style. You might be better off making a blank table as a template then adding it to a CC Library.

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Oct 19, 2024 Oct 19, 2024

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I can't really make the table format do anything

 

  • You can use a table style to nest cell styles, control the table border and space above/below, and control the interior lines and shading. A table style is a collection of table formatting attributes that can be applied in a single step.
  • You can't use a table style to control the table structure, like the number of columns or rows or column widths. These are handled on a table-by-table basis. 

 

Since you seem to want the same table structure, you might want to set up one table, and then add it to the CC Library as per @Scott Falkner or save it as a snippet you reuse.

 

See https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/reusing-graphics-text.html?x-product=Helpx%2F1.0.0&x-product-....

 

~Barb

 

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Oct 20, 2024 Oct 20, 2024

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@Daniel_9185

 

If you work on a PC and have a lot of Tables to process all the time - you could use my ID-Tasker tool, isn't free but it can do a lot more than what you need.

 

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Oct 21, 2024 Oct 21, 2024

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If you need a cross-platform solution (Mac or Windows), check out Woodwing's Smart Styles pluging. 

https://www.woodwing.com/products/woodwing-smart-styles

 

 

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

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