Join Diane Burns for an in-depth discussion in this video Using gradients in tables, part of InDesign: Tables (2012).
We know it's very easy to apply solid color fills to table cells using either…the Swatches panel or the Strokes and Fills dialog.…We can also apply gradients to table cells the same way, but gradients don't get…applied exactly the way we might like. Let's take a look.…I have a few gradients set up in this document and I'm going to open the…Swatches panel, and pull it over here, so we can it a little bit more clearly,…and I have three gradients.…One goes from just one color to another, and then I have one that goes from…one color to another, and then back again, our A-B-A_gradient, and then we…have a radial gradient.…
I'm going to switch to the Type tool by pressing the letter T and we'll go into…Normal Mode, so that we can see what this looks like.…If I select an entire row of this table and apply a gradient, we'll choose the…A-B_gradient, doesn't look so bad.…It goes from one color to another.…Let's try our A-B-A_gradient.…That looks pretty good too.…But, the problem comes in if we try to apply it to a single column.…
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1/13/2012- Navigating and selecting tables
- Positioning tables
- Inserting and deleting rows and columns
- Adding header and footer rows, fills, strokes, and borders
- Dealing with overset text
- Applying cell and table styles
- Using tables to streamline graphic design work
- Creating infographics with tables
- Creating pull quotes and design objects using tables
- Exporting tables to EPUB and HTML
Skill Level Intermediate
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Welcome
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Introduction45s
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1. Understanding Table Fundamentals
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The three "Golden Rules"2m 45s
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Accessing table commands2m 20s
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2. Basic Table Formatting
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Setting table borders6m 3s
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Formatting text in a cell4m 51s
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Positioning text in a cell3m 50s
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Mastering row and column strokes11m 31s
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Working with cell fills4m 28s
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3. Other Table Formatting
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Merging and splitting cells4m 16s
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Rotating text in a cell6m 13s
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Using gradients in tables4m 28s
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Dealing with overset text2m 25s
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4. Table and Cell Styles
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5. Updating Tables
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Working with linked files11m 55s
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6. Working with Images in Tables
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Placing images in tables8m 33s
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7. Gettin' Fancy: Using Anchored Objects in Tables
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8. Tables That Don't Look Like Tables
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9. Exporting Tables to EPUB and HTML
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Conclusion
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Next steps50s
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