Reply To: Auto align tops of various length paragraphs across text boxes

Eric said:

(1) Can I place text flowing it one paragraph at a time into table cells? […] It'd be great if I could automatically assign text pieces (up to a forced line break) into the cells and have the table automatically add new cells until there are no more text blocks (paragraphs) to add.

I found this, so I guess it is possible to “map” clipboard data across cells. I'll have to play with it and see how it works. I'm not sure as to whether Cmd-D (“Place”) will work the same way or not. I'll work with it, maybe tomorrow, and see what I can do. Looks promising.

From: https://www.adobepress.com/arti…..p;seqNum=3

“Pasting Data Into Tables

You can paste data into a table, but before you choose Paste from the Edit menu (or press Command-V/Ctrl-V) pay attention to what’s selected. If the text cursor is flashing inside a cell when you paste, InDesign pastes all the data into that one cell. If you select the cell itself (press Esc to toggle between selecting what’s inside the cell and the cell itself), and if the data you’re pasting has tabs or carriage returns in it, InDesign maps the clipboard data across more than one cell. If you need to update the data from an Excel document that you’ve turned into an InDesign table, you can copy the cells in Excel, switch to InDesign, select one or more cells in your table, and paste.”