InDesignSecrets Podcast 153

Tons o' Table Tips; Obscurity of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion; Quizzler winner and answers

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See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.

• Tables Tables Tables! Answers to:
  • Table styles with column widths?
  • Find (and change) tables with Find/Change?
  • Merge two tables into one, easily?
  • Fill table cells with placeholder text?
  • Insert consecutive numbers in a column?
  • Make a cell show the sum of its column or row (or other math)?
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Automatic Document Conversion
• Quizzler Winner - and Answers!!!! ("How many ways can you tell the current page number?")

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