Set Space Before to 10 mm.Īctivate the Fills section. Add some space between the table and the text above it. We will consistently use this color throughout this design. In the Swatch Options, set the new swatch color to (100, 80, 0, 0). Open the Swatches panel and then click the New Swatch icon. The borders are gone, but we still have to find another way to add contrast to the table for easier reading. To remove them, select all the lines in the Option Bar and then set the width to 0 pt. We don't want to see the lines in each table cell. Select the row and then click the Align Center icon to center the text vertically. InDesign marks this with a red dot.Īll you need to do is to change the cell width or height by Shift-dragging it.Ĭhange the width of the first row by dragging down its bottom line. You may find that some of the new text doesn't fit the current table cell width. Select all the table cells by clicking on the top-left corner.Ĭhange the font formatting. Select both columns and then center their content by clicking on the Align Center icon. Select the first row and then click the Align Center icon to center the text. To make both columns the same width, right-click and choose Distribute Columns Evenly. Select the Departure and Arrival columns. Hold Shift and then drag it to change its width independently, without affecting the other columns. We want to make one of the columns wider. Modify the Table Appearance Step 1Ĭlick and drag the edge of the last column to change its width. Right-click and then choose Delete > Row. Select the unused rows by clicking and dragging them vertically. You can see that there are some unused rows at the bottom of the table.
We will just delete the unused rows and columns in the next step. As you can see below, the results are not accurate.
InDesign will try to automatically detect the table cells. You can manually set the table Cell Range in the Import Options and then click OK. Make sure Show Import Options is selected. In InDesign, click File > Place to import the Excel file.
The file is available along with this tutorial: there's a download link in the sidebar. Import the Table Step 1įor the table content, we are going to use a table from a Microsoft Excel file. Here are the title and subtitle used in this tutorial, both in Avenir font. Open the Character Styles panel and then click the Create New Style icon to keep the text format as a new Character Style. In the Option Bar, set its font type and size. Step 2Īctivate the Type Tool and then click and drag to create a new text box. Click File > New and set the Page Size to Letter. Please download it before you begin, or substitute with a similar picture and adjust the steps accordingly: You will also need the following stock photo to complete this tutorial. We've used Adobe InDesign CC in this tutorial, but older versions would work as well to follow along.
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