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• • September 2, 2010 at 5:09 pm #56908
    Somerset Walmsley

    Member

    I was working on a table today and pressed the wrong key, discovering a shortcut to creating a new column I don't recall seieng documented any where. Instead of holding down Shift to move the column seperator without changing the dimensions of the table, I held down Alt while dragging to the right, which allowed me to drag out a new comlun. This is in CS5, no idea if it works any where else. Also, it doesn't seem to work if you drag to the left, but it does work to add rows as well.

    Has any one else discovered this quick way to add a comlun/row? Or have any other neat tricks to share that they've discovered?

  • September 2, 2010 at 9:08 pm #56909
    David Blatner

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    That's a fun tip. Yes, it's a known trick: Option/Alt drag on the right or bottom edge of a table and then drag to add rows or columns.

  • September 3, 2010 at 2:12 am #56911
    Roland

    Member

    I never even knew you could do that, or the Shift-drag option to restrain the table's dimensions. Now to find a reason to use the 'shortcuts' a half dozen times over the next few days so I won't forget them again.

  • September 3, 2010 at 3:16 pm #56919
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    My colleagues were suitably impressed when I showed them this one! They were equally amazed by the Place Multiple Images in a Grid option and the useful little popup menu when you right-click on the Cell Strokes selector …

    So, David, this was a 'known trick'? Are you kidding — how many people knew this, then, and how many more are there? :)

  • September 3, 2010 at 3:34 pm #56920
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    LOL! Oh there are dozens… hundreds more! There's always more to learn about this awesome program.

    We talked about the option/alt-drag trick in the podcast a while back: https://creativepro.com/pod…..script.php

    Probably worth a blog post!

  • September 7, 2010 at 2:12 am #56938
    Tim Hughes

    Member

    I do like that shortcut alot, I can't even remember where I learned it but have known it for a while now, at least since CS2, but it was probably here.

  • September 10, 2010 at 10:23 am #56972
    Gavin Anderson

    Participant

    By the way, it's probably worth mentioning two more things here:

    1. dragging the opposite direction will remove columns/rows.

    2. dragging either direction can be done to add/subtract multiple columns/rows at a time, all depending on how far you drag.

  • September 13, 2010 at 1:08 pm #56989
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    David, that podcast was from 2008 — I just stumbled upon (™, no doubt) these “Notes on InDesign 2 as compared to FrameMaker 7“, which places it around 2002 AD:

    11. There are convenient shortcuts for all types of navigation in tables: move to first/last cell in a column/row, add/delete row/col, etc. Also, you can add rows or columns to a table simply by option-dragging the table boundary.

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