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How to Split Table Cells into multiple rows?

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November 27, 2021
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Hi all,

I have a Table with cells that need to be split into multiple rows (see attached files). What is the best practice for this? I tried right click on cell --> split, but you can't specify the numbers, and the two columns become independant of each other. Is this a limitation in InDesign and I should find a script for? If so, does anyone know a script that works well for this kind of task? I.e. splitting a cell into multiple columns, based on paragraph break.

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Correct answer Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Sorry for being dense, but are you referring to splitting a cell? You can do that, but you have to manually cut-&-paste the text into the cell. (Technically, this feature simply adds a new row and merges the other cells automatically).

FRIdNGE

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Just For Comment! …

Scott Falkner

Adobe Expert

Create a new empty table with the number of rows and columns you want (in this case, 3 and 3). Select the text in column 2 of your current table and convert text to table (Table > Convert Text to Table…). Select the cells of the table (in this case, three cells) then select the corresponding cells in the empty table. Paste. Repeat for other columns.

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wuts23143389Author

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Thank you Scott. How did you go from screencap 2 to 3? I.e. how did you delete the upper level table only leaving the inner tables?

Scott Falkner

Adobe Expert

That's one screen capture with three tables in one text frame.

Top: My reproduction of your table.

Middle: The same table after converting the contents of R1C2 and R1C3 to tables.

Bottom: A table created using Table > Create Table with 3 rows and three columns. I selected all the cells in each of the subtables from the middle image and pasted them into the corresponding cells of the empty table.

Diane Burns

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If you can't find a script, and you have a lot of text to convert this way, see if this "brute force" technique might work.

1. Select the text in a cell

2. Go to the Table menu and choose "Convert Text to Table.."

3. The text will be converted to a table within that cell. Not ideal, but with the control of strokes, etc., it might be a partial workaround.

Diane Burns

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Also, please do fill out the feature request as David Creamer mentions. 🙂

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Adobe Expert

Rows don't split automatically. I do not know if there is a script or not.

I went to get the link on InDesign User Voice to post the link and this feature was the first one listed:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests

Direct link to feature request:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/33854788-option-to-split-table-rows-across-pages

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

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>> I do not know if there is a script or not.

http://adobeindesign.ru/2021/02/14/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B-%D0%BF%D0%BE-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB-2/

this is just workaround.

Adobe is not implemented this feature many years and even top-1 request feature not helps 😭

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner

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