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Text wrapping in Table cell for list with equals = sign

Community Beginner ,
Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017

I'm trying to create a list in a table cell.  The list contains a some data = description.  The problem is that I would like the description to wrap under itself rather than the entire line.  I can not get the wrapped text to move in and I can figure out how to change the text wrapping point.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I'm certain there must be an easy way to do this, but my searches have come up empty.  I attached a screenshot example  below.

Regards,

Jeremy

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Community Expert , Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017

Clarifying SJRiegel​'s correct answer:

  • Follow her instructions to replace space = space to space = tab
  • Select the text:
  • Type > Tabs
    InDesign CCss_001.png
  • Shift+drag the bottom right triangle to the right (the top triangle will stay where it is) until you like the left indent. (If you forget the Shift key, the triangles move together. Edit > Undo, hold the Shift and try again.)
    InDesign CCss_002.png

Read up on setting tabs and indents here:

Set tabs and indents in Adobe InDesign

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Community Expert ,
Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017

if your equal signs are currently (space)(equal sign)(space), then start with a find/change on the table to turn (equal sign)(space) to (equal sign)(tab)

Screenshot 2017-02-14 13.03.25.png

Then use the indent controls in the tab panel to fix your text insets.

Screenshot 2017-02-14 13.03.51.png

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017

I tried your suggestions below, but the text still wraps to the number and not to the tabbed text after the equals sign. When I move the tab position it moves the beginning of the text after the equals sign and the text still wraps back to the number before the equals sign. I’m sure this is some basic skill, but this software is completely unintuitive to me.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017

Use the shift key to move just the bottom half of the split triangle on the left of the tab panel.

Another way to do this is with the numerical indent fields in the paragraph panel.

Screenshot 2017-02-14 13.31.47.png

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Community Expert ,
Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017

Clarifying SJRiegel​'s correct answer:

  • Follow her instructions to replace space = space to space = tab
  • Select the text:
  • Type > Tabs
    InDesign CCss_001.png
  • Shift+drag the bottom right triangle to the right (the top triangle will stay where it is) until you like the left indent. (If you forget the Shift key, the triangles move together. Edit > Undo, hold the Shift and try again.)
    InDesign CCss_002.png

Read up on setting tabs and indents here:

Set tabs and indents in Adobe InDesign

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017
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Thanks I’ve got it working now!

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