Hi Jongware, thank you for your answer.

I know this subject has been dicussed here before. I still keep the routine of distilling my files firstly because I am following my printer instructions and secondly because I try to be as cautious as I can with some files I have to deliver directly to the client and can't talk to the printer. I know this is not the best practice but it happens every now and then.

Actually, my main concern isn't exporting pdfs from Indesign but saving them directly from Illustrator. I can't explain the reasons for that because it is too advanced for me but some printers say they cannot be trusted and won't accept them.

Maybe my problem is not only or exactly Indesign related but, to be honest with you, I was hoping someone here could help me. I usually work with Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop together. You probably do the same, right?

Thank you!

ps.: I wrote above “I can't upgrade to Mac OS 10.5” but I can. I just typed it wrong.

Hi!

I kept looking and I found a perfect answer for my question right here… as usual. Where else would I?

https://creativepro.com/mak…..at-pdf.php

The blog entry has more than a year old but I believe it still applies for the situation, right?

Thank you David!

Hi evansreb,

it is possible to edit the table content inside the Story Editor in CS4 but, when I select this table and try to navigate inside the story editor window things get really slow.

For this particularly big table nothing seems to work properly.

But thank you for the tip, it is always worth trying.

Hi heezza,

I edited the paragraph style using the palette. There was the basic style and only one other, created based on the basic style. Once I edited the basic one, the other updated automatically.

The performance is better than before. When I type, the cursor still spin for a brief moment. Maybe this is as good as it gets with a table as big as this. Even now that it is half the size it was in the beginning. And I used all tips posted here.

The only thing I couldn't do was export in inx/idml formats and re-import. I will try that again and post the results here.

Thank you so much for your answers. You are very kind!

Hi heezza,

I edited the paragraph style using the palette. There was the basic style and only one other, created based on the basic style. Once I edited the basic one, the other updated automatically. 

The performance is better than before. When I type, the cursor still spin for a brief moment. Maybe this is as good as it gets with a table as big as this. Even now that it is half the size it was in the beginning. And I used all tips posted here. 

The only thing I couldn't do was export in inx/idml formats and re-import. I will try that again and post the results here.

Thank you so much for your answers. You are very kind!

Hello guys!

Crych,

when you say you use tabs and paragraph styles, do you mean you do the table structure, all the frames, lines etc, under your paragraph box by hand, one by one?

Heezza,

I was having trouble to find this feature. I have so many things to learn about Indesign… thanks to Jongware's question I was able follow your explanation.

I mostly used character styles all over the table. There is only one paragraph style I created for one specific situation but, like you said, other than this one, I didn't change the paragraph settings.

What do I have to do, then?

I edited the paragraph styles: Justification -> Composer -> Adobe Paragraph Composer -> Adobe single-line Composer

Do I have to apply the styles again? About the empty cells, if I have the style modified, they are going to be modified automatically, right?