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• • March 6, 2013 at 6:17 pm #64346
    Melise Gerber

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    I have what seems to me to be a simple question, but I can't find an answer anywhere. I am using InDesign CS6. I frequently use tables with no stroke or fill to help me line up text easily. What I am wondering however is whether there is some “view table” feature that I am missing somewhere.

    In order to effectively enter text into the tables when I start creating the document, I need to be able to see the height and width of the rows and columns. Of course, I can create a fully stroked table, and then when I have finished editing it, I can apply a table style to the table that removes all of the strokes. But, sometimes I run afoul of the human error, and forget to change the table style, leaving the strokes in there to taunt me.

    I just upgraded to CS6 from CS3 (okay, so my company is a little slow on the uptake), and I don't remember having this issue in CS3, but I could be wrong.

    Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer…and thanks in general for this site–it has really helped me maintain productivity in the face of this ridiculously giant upgrade learning curve.

  • March 6, 2013 at 8:19 pm #64347
    Bob Rubey

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    Perhaps you're not working in Normal Screen Mode? If you're using one of the others–Preview, Bleed, Slug, or Presentation–you wouldn't be able to see the “framework” of the tables. (I hesitate to call them guides as turning the guides on/off has no effect.)

  • March 7, 2013 at 2:25 am #64348
    Theunis De Jong

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    “View” -> “Show Frame Edges” show the table grid lines — but, as Bob says, only in the Normal working mode where you can see other guides as well.

  • March 7, 2013 at 12:28 pm #64354
    Melise Gerber

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    Thanks to both of you…I logged off of my computer last night, and when I went back into InDesign this morning to check the settings as you advised, I could actually see the gridlines in the table. I must have had some sort of view setting in place yesterday, and just didn't see it (because I thought I really LOOKED at those settings!).

    I appreciate the help!

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