Join Diane Burns for an in-depth discussion in this video Setting up standalone columns, part of InDesign: Tables.
- One of the themes of this course…is the idea of breaking out of the spreadsheet mode…when thinking about InDesign tables.…You can use their unique features to achieve…many different design effects.…Here's an example of a pricing plan that uses a table.…It does look like a table, albeit a pretty nice one.…But it almost look more though like separate text frames…standing on their own.…There are a couple of tricks here…that I want to share with you.…First of all, I'll switch from Preview to Normal mode…so we can take a look at this table.…This is actually a table made up of seven columns.…
If we take a look at our Table Setup dialog,…you'll see that there are four rows,…one, two, three, four, and seven columns.…Now, we could have created this with…very wide strokes here between these cells,…but instead we used a column.…There are a couple of advantages to this.…One big thing is that by using a column here…and giving it a fill color of None,…we can actually have these columns be transparent.…
That means if we make a decision for example…
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Released
8/25/2015- Navigating and selecting tables
- Formatting text in tables
- Working with fills
- Inserting and deleting rows and columns
- Rotating text
- Dealing with overset text
- Applying cell and table styles
- Updating table data
- Working with graphic cells
- Creating infographics with tables
- Creating pull quotes and design objects using tables
- Exporting tables to EPUB
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome49s
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1. Understanding Table Fundamentals
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Accessing table commands2m 13s
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Where do tables come from?5m 48s
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2. Basic Table Formatting
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Setting table borders5m 44s
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3. Basic Cell Formatting
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Formatting text in a cell3m 43s
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Positioning text in a cell2m 45s
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Working with cell fills3m 12s
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4. Other Table Formatting Techniques
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Moving rows and columns7m 15s
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Using gradients in tables4m 49s
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Converting lists to tables2m 38s
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5. Working with Graphics in Tables
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Understanding graphic cells6m 11s
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Resizing graphics in tables5m 42s
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6. Table and Cell Styles
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7. Updating Tables
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8. Special Table Effects
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Highlighting a column5m 19s
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9. Tables That Don't Look Like Tables
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10. Exporting Tables to EPUB and HTML
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Understanding best practices5m 34s
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Conclusion
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Next steps42s
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