Moving to InDesign

Chapter 37. Text and Graphics in Tables

Now that you know how to format the table itself, it’s time to talk about formatting text and graphics inside table cells.

Text Formatting

Text inside a table cell acts almost exactly like text inside any text frame, and you can format it to your heart’s delight. If you need to format a bunch of cells in the same way, select them all before applying the attributes. You can even delete all the text from all selected cells by pressing the Delete key. Note that you can format table cells even with no text in them. That way, the text in each cell gets formatted automatically later, as you type.

Tabs within Tables

Ordinarily you wouldn’t type a tab character inside a table cell, but if you need one—to align decimal ...