Change column width in multiple tables

Donna Fedorowich

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    • January 9, 2018 at 7:40 am #100817
      Donna Fedorowich
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      I have a few hundred tables in an Indesign document where I need the first column to be 8p6 wide and the 2nd column to be 35p. Each table has a header row the width of the full column, so the columns actually start on the 2nd row. Does anyone have a script for that? Help!

    • January 9, 2018 at 8:13 am #100822
      Donna Fedorowich
      Member

      It’s okay, I found something. But your document preferences has to have the units set to “points”.

      // Number of columns in a table may vary depends on the book.
      // If the columns count is constant then you can use the below script.
      var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
      var myWidths = [102, 420];
      for(var T=0; T < myDoc.textFrames.length; T++){
      for(var i=0; i < myDoc.textFrames[T].tables.length; i++){
      for(var j=0; j < myWidths.length; j++){
      myDoc.textFrames[T].tables[i].columns[j].width = myWidths[j];
      }
      }
      }

    • January 9, 2018 at 11:02 am #100854
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Not sure if these will help, but:
      https://creativepro.com/sizing-tables-with-script.php

      and
      https://creativepro.com/tackling-tables-through-scripting.php

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