Reply To: Table Frustrations

I have to agree with you that table formatting — and especially how it relates to styles — can be very annoying in InDesign!

In this case, I would suggest not using cell styles. Rather, I think you can get everything you want with just a table style. For example, this is done with just a table definition, no cell styles:

How? Download this IDML file, open it in InDesign, and look at the table style (or the table options dialog box). Let me know if you have any questions.

I’ll have to write this up as a blog post so others can follow along…