How to: Table Cell (Form) - Digit Separator Lines?

do you need it for the printed forms?

Then you can create an additional row with exact height and split it into 6 cells with needed stroke settings. Them your main cell will change its height as you need and the "comb" line will keep the same appearance in any situation.

Hi, cc_user_1,

depending on your version of InDesign I see two ways of doing this.
In this post I'll present an option you can do with all versions (that support tables):

Split a cell vertically to 6 cells and do a custom line style for the comb.

Some screenshots:

Some details:

Download the IDML file from my Dropbox account:

Dropbox - TableWithCellsAsComb-UsingCustomLineStyle-CS6.idml

Regards,
Uwe

Hi

you can insert vertical line from glyphs, and align them from the table panel, and from character panel amend the baseline shift and you can fix there hight as you like. also you can save them in the character style so you can amend the style simply.

Hi,

I am sure there must be easier ways but i think you could try "Step and Repeat". All you would need to do is create one small line and then equally distribute it across the cell width for all rows...as a grid...

Enable the preview so you see the changes on the go. I did a quick try and it worked. As you can see below the small line is distributed as a grid of 4 rows and 5 columns. Once created you can manage the small lines by grouping them or adding them to a separate layer.

-Aman

What you want is called a "comb."

Are you trying to create a field for a PDF form? Or is it only for a printed form?

If for a PDF form, here's a link to the Help file describing PDF  form files. Look in the section on Text Fields > Comb of Characters:

PDF form field properties, Adobe Acrobat

If for only a printed form you would probably need to draw and duplicate the lines of a comb either in InDesign or Illustrator. In InDesign, for example, you could use Edit > Step and Repeat.