Specify row height/column width when defining style?

[Crassinnola]

Is there a way to make either your table style OR your cell style define a row height and column width?

I want my style to specify my row height as "Exactly .15 in" and my row width as "Exactly 2 in."

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Oh, that would be cool. Other than on the "Table" tab on the table palette, I can't see how to do that to a table.

I tried exploring the idea of making the containing text frame a specified size via styles (so that an autofitting table would be consistently sized), but I couldn't puzzle that one out either.

But I'm still new to InDesign.

I'll keep fiddling a bit and se what I can figure out.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

I was able to find these two threads. The news did not seem particularly good:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1429654

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1253731

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[eugenetyson]

I don't make any guarantees but,

http://www.woodwing.com/en/Smart_Styles

http://www.teacupsoftware.com/products/tablecellstylespro1_1.html

are two software plugins for InDesign for styles. Could help you out.


You can fake the column width by putting in tabs at the desired locations in the text before you convert the text to a table. I say "fake" but in truth the column width is determined by tab stops. If you have no tab stops it will make a table with even columns.

If you have just one tab stop, it will make all the widths the same as the tab stop, so you end up with a tiny table.


What I do when working with many tables is put the table on the clipboard, in a library or as a snippet.

I simply paste, drag or place, respectively, either one of them onto the page. That way, the height is always the exact same, the space before, after, etc. (although should be saved in their styles!)

You can simply copy the data right into the table, providing the table has the correct amount of rows and columns, that match the text you're copying by tabs and paragraph returns.