Chapter 35. Creating and Importing Tables
Tables have been used as a visual way to communicate structured information for hundreds of years. While commands for creating and editing tables have long been available in word processing software and applications which work with structured documents like Adobe FrameMaker, QuarkXPress and InDesign have added table support only relatively recently. Tables are a relatively deep issue so our discussion will continue over the next two chapters.
Table Terminology
Before we describe how to create a table, we should discuss what a table is and how it differs from tabular material. A table is a grid of cells, arranged in horizontal rows, and vertical columns (see Figure 35-1). InDesign only has text cells, but ...
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