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KevinBird1966
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July 25, 2018
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Table Cells breaking across page boundaries

  • July 25, 2018
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Having trawled through the archives, it seems that InDesign will only break tables on rows, not cells.

I am importing a two-column, multi-page table from Word. Some of the paragraphs are very long and the current breaks are not desired. I could manually split the cells but this document will go through several revision cycles, which will no doubt change the flow/breaks at each revision. I can think of nicer things to be doing than manually re-flowing tables!! 

So, has anyone tried to script a solution? Is it even possible, or do I look at converting to text (although I have no idea how that would work either!).

Suggestions, solutions or sympathy are all allowed!

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Kevin

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    Correct answer Laubender

    Hi Kevin,

    never tested but there is a script that tried to accomplish this. Go to:

    Плагин/скрипт виртуального "разрыва" ячеек при их перетекании между страниц.

     

    Perhaps scroll a bit down and see for

    BreakTableRowBetweenFrames.rar

     

    If you have any questions regarding the script best ask George Salnik here at the forums.

    George_Salnik

     

    Regards,

    Uwe

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    The Funky Skull
    The Funky Skull
    Participant
    May 20, 2021

    II use a work around. Split the middle row to add another. Then just spread this new row over the inside gutters and remove the lines. Shouldn't need to, but it works fine imho.

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    LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    July 25, 2018

    Hi Kevin,

    never tested but there is a script that tried to accomplish this. Go to:

    Плагин/скрипт виртуального "разрыва" ячеек при их перетекании между страниц.

     

    Perhaps scroll a bit down and see for

    BreakTableRowBetweenFrames.rar

     

    If you have any questions regarding the script best ask George Salnik here at the forums.

    George_Salnik

     

    Regards,

    Uwe

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    KevinBird1966Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 26, 2018

    Hi Uwe,

    Thanks for the pointer. The script will split Cell text at paragraph marks and fit as many of these paragraphs into the space on the preceding page.

    I'm still not convinced that tables are my way forward (although I don't see any alternatives). Given that the document could be revised extensively, I think more time will be spent manually re-flowing tables.

    Regards.

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    Kevin

    PS. Quick question. Does FrameMaker suffer from the same table issues?

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 26, 2018

    KevinBird1966  wrote

    … PS. Quick question. Does FrameMaker suffer from the same table issues?

    Hi Kevin,

    sorry. No idea if FrameMaker has a build in option for splitting table rows between frames.

    You could ask here: Adobe FrameMaker

    Regards,
    Uwe

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