Is there a quick way to find how many rows are selected in a table?

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September 1, 2023
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In Excel you can select rows in the first column and see the number of rows selected at the base of the document window. Is there some way to get this info in an InDesign table?

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Correct answer Robert at ID-Tasker

@Sean5CF1

Paste copied / cut cells to a new TextFrame - then you can check total number of columns / rows in the pasted table.

Sean5CF1

Inspiring

Thanks Joe

I agree, this would be a simple feature similar to excel whereby the number of highlight "cells" (not rows) appears along the bottom. Im trying to paste a number of cell information into new cells, but i need to count how many i'm cutting, then count how many i'm pasting. I haven't found a successful way to do this in 15 years of using this software. Erics answer goes someway to achieve this but not ideal

sean

JoePegAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks for your confirmation, SeanSCF1. I'm hoping that, someday, a light will go off in Adobe's head that this simple feathure would be extremely beneficial for many of InDesign's table creators.

Eric Dumas

Community Expert

Hi,

I don't think that possible, tables are just a set of text frames.

What you can try is:

Use the Text tool (T)
Highlight the rows
Open the Info panel from the Window menu
Check how many lines it returns

JoePegAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks Eric. That works if the rows are empty, which is helpful to a degree. However, if there are multiple lines of type in the selected rows, it counts the lines of type selected rather than the rows. I think you may be right about there being no such feature available currently in InDesign. Hmmmm??? Worth a look, Adobe?

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