Maybe a preset to remove all strokes so the table can be used for layout-only purposes?   By @Swandive stream  There are lots of easy ways to remove the rules (@Conrad_C showed you one good option) and here's another variation:   But as I said, InDesign doesn't have a presets—instead, you can save a sample table (with formatting, row and column structure) as either a snippet or a CC Library item, see https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/reusing-graphics-text.html.    Or you can create a table style that will remove the rules for you but won't remember the table structure (meaning number of rows or columns). It's maybe 3 minutes to set up but once done, you can load the style into other documents and never have to create it again. See https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/table-cell-styles.html.   If you need more details, just ask.    ~Barb  ... View more

Hi @Swandive stream:   Adding rows and columns feels pretty straightforward to me—and quite similar to Word—can you share a little detail about where you are struggling?   As for formatting, tables vary widely in how they are formatted. Can you share a screenshot of where you are trying to go? Some formats are easy to do in InDesign, others, not so much. But maybe you are looking for the equivalent of the Table Layout ribbon with all of the one-click presets? There is nothing like that in InDesign—we do need to set up our table styles ourselves. That said, if you create a table style that takes advantage of InDesign's nested cell and table styles, you can format additional tables with just one click. When I teach tables, I encourage my students to design tables that can be formatted automatically with styles, and minimal manual overrides. That's admittedly tough when you are new to tables and don't quite understand the possibilities (and limitations).    ~Barb ... View more

Plus, if you opened the book file in a new version, you would need to do a save as because it would be converted even though it wouldn't say that.   FWIW, I work on a lot of repeating projects and find it easiest to just create a new book file before adding the chapters. I end up losing time trying to reuse a book from the last version. I established this practice a long time ago, and I'm not even sure now what was slowing me down.   ~Barb ... View more

I work with lots of books and I haven't seen that behavior., James.   ~Barb   ... View more

Hi @Muhammad Sattar:   This is a visual of Mike's approach, which seems pretty straightforward/stable to me.      First I ran a find/change to add spaces before and after "job title", and to remove the colon I created a custom underline called Rounded Endcap Then created a character style to make the Rounded Endcap thicker and assign the offset so that it appears behind the text (and changed the type size and weight) And finally, assigned it via a GREP Style ~Barb ... View more

Hi @geso10:   Rick's (@frameexpert) targets the column widths and not the word break issue. Since you mentioned that you are looking for the word break problem and then widening the columns to fix it, I suggested the script.   However, I'm now questioning my suggestion because it will make the columns wide enough for the longest entry to fit on one line and not just wide enough to keep the word from breaking in the wrong place.   ~Barb ... View more

Hi @Alexey2869135459nb:   I'm asking because in my experience, the text frame name in the Layers panel uses the first words of the content. But if you erase the content and add a new text frame, InDesign updates the name to <text frame>. Yours didn't, so it sounds like it is still there.    Could you please show Hidden Characters (bottom of the Type menu), select one of the empty threaded frames and tap Ctrl/Cmd+Y and then share the screen shot?   ~Barb  ... View more

I'd say select both paragraphs (Social and emotional), including the pilcrows ¶ at the end of each line (as per @Robert at ID-Tasker) and then set space Before, After and Space Between Paragraphs Using the Same style to 0. Anyone of them could be the issue.   ~Barb   ... View more

Hi @Alexey2869135459nb: If you add a new text frame somewhere in the page margin, what does the original text frame show in the Layers panel? The beginning of the old text still, or <text frame>?   ~Barb  ... View more

I widen the column width of the table... By @geso10   If that is the solution, you can select a problem column and choose Table > Resize Columns > To the Width of Selected Cell's Contents. You only shared one example, but noted this happens quite a bit. @frameexpert has a script that can apply this to multiple tables at one time—see Table Cleaner here: https://www.frameexpert.com/store/index.html.   If this script doesn't do what you want, Rick may be able to write a custom script for you.   ~Barb ... View more

You can only open PageMaker files in InDesign CS6 or earlier. https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/cant-open-pagemaker-files-indesign.html   ~Barb ... View more

Maybe you are looking for this one, from @Peter Kahrel? https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/batch_convert.html   Peter's scripts are donation-ware—if it solves the issue for you, please consider a donation using the link at the bottom of the page.   ~Barb ... View more

Great! We are always happy to help, @Maia_Sukkar0902.   ~Barb ... View more

I can't really make the table format do anything   You can use a table style to nest cell styles, control the table border and space above/below, and control the interior lines and shading. A table style is a collection of table formatting attributes that can be applied in a single step. You can't use a table style to control the table structure, like the number of columns or rows or column widths. These are handled on a table-by-table basis.    Since you seem to want the same table structure, you might want to set up one table, and then add it to the CC Library as per @Scott Falkner or save it as a snippet you reuse.   See https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/reusing-graphics-text.html?x-product=Helpx%2F1.0.0&x-product-location=Search%3AForums%3Alink%2F3.5.6.   ~Barb   ... View more

Hi @Aniello38386351nidx:   Let's start with this note: InDesign CS5 was released in 2010 so most of us haven't seen it/used it in years. Congratulations on getting it running on a modern operating system, but note that you may experience wonkiness that we can't fix.    As for the issue at hand, it looks to me like the pages weren't scanned straight—that's where the problem is coming from. No version of InDesign—including current versions—can straighten this out automatically.   Acrobat does have this feature: https://www.pdfgear.com/pdf-editor-reader/straighten-a-scanned-pdf.htm#:~:text=Adobe%20Acrobat%20Pro%20is%20a%20powerful%20full%2Dfeatured%20PDF%20tool,rotate%20or%20adjust%20the%20document. Or you can rescan the pages, and take the time to line them up on the scanner bed.   ~Barb ... View more

You could play with blend modes (Window > Effects) but I don't see how they will get you where you want to go. Photoshop will, of course.    ~Barb ... View more

Glad to hear that took care of it!   ~Barb ... View more

Me too.   ~Barb ... View more

Can you share a screenshot with Type > Show Hidden Characters and View > Extras > Show Frame Edges enabled?   ~Barb ... View more

Ooof. Thank you for pointing this out. I'm the sort of person who relies on muscle memory and doesn't necessarily read the prompts as closely as I should. If you decide to post a feature request as per @Steve Werner's suggestion, please come back and put the link here so that others will see it and can vote for it.    ~Barb ... View more

Hi Margo:   How about starting with Window > Pages to display the Pages panel? Nothing in the InDesign interface is superfluous—so look above the page icons for tiny gray triangles—they indicate each time a page number has been set manually.    Double click the very first one and make it look like my screen shot below. Then double click each additional triangle and disable the Start Section checkmark at the very top of the dialog box. This sets the first page at 1 and then they will increment normally as you remove the section starts.      ~Barb ... View more

Sorry, Leo. I was distracted and just realized I posted the same link.    ~Barb ... View more

Hi @johnh83716193:   I had to re-install the Creative Cloud app. Except for InDesign (version 19.5 which worked on the older mac)...I have uninstalled then re-installed InDesign version 19.5, but the problem remains. Lots of good ideas from the other Adobe Community Experts but my money is on this being the issue. Migrating Adobe apps from one computer to another is generally not recommended. (A fresh install is.) And when you uninstall/reinstall from the CC Desktop app, you leave stuff behind. My suggestion is to either rebuild preferences from scratch as per @leo.r, or use the Adobe CC Cleaner tool for a complete uninstall and then reinstall from the CC Desktop app.   Rebuild prefs: https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/ Adobe CC Cleaner tool: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html   ~Barb ... View more

Hi @FloridaGal:   I hear you, and understand your frustration. I also migrated to InDesign from PageMaker, which had a very simple TOC generation dialog box without all of the controls. More controls bring along more complications—layout in the 80s/90s was so much simpler!    You and James make a valid point—it's easy to overlook the Save Style button. The good news is that you won't forget again. And you might want to log a feature request with Adobe (we are users like you on the Community Forums) to help future users avoid this situation.    Hope Hurricane Milton went easy on you and happy weekend,   ~Barb   ... View more

Team two tables!    Just select the second half of the table, cut the rows, add a new paragraph return, and paste the rows back in as a second table. Each table can have zero, one or more heading rows, but as previously stated, you can not change the header row mid-stream.    ~Barb ... View more

You could also import the reference page from the working LOP to this file with File > Import > Formats.   ~Barbh ... View more