Auto expand table via CSV-Import

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- April 13, 2016 at 3:55 am #83988
  
  Moritz Conjé
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  I using Data Merge in InDesign CC.
  
  So far everything works great.
  
  I can place one record-set on every page and can place some record-sets on one page.
  
  For the import I use an Excel-File (tab-seperated).
  
  My question:
  
  I want the records shown in a table. Head of the table should be defined, the count of following rows depands on the imported file.
  
  So I defined a table with the head-row and one row with the placeholder.
  
  I need an option that the table in InDesign “auto-expand” – the row-amount depands on the amount of the imported data.
  
  Is that possible? Any clue?
  
  Greetz MC
- April 13, 2016 at 8:32 am #83993
  
  Ari Singer
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  I’m not so in tune with InDesign’s Data Merge functionality, but I think that it’s not the best choice when it comes to tables. But I might be wrong.
- April 29, 2016 at 4:59 pm #84445
  
  David Blatner
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  Data Merge doesn’t normally do tables, but this script can help:
  https://creativepro.com/using-data-merge-to-create-a-table-for-a-directory.php
  
  I show it in my title on Data Merge and database publishing at Lynda.com
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