Importing An Excel Table To Design A Schedule in Adobe InDesign

03/02/2017 ImportinganExcelTabletoDesignaScheduleinAdobeInDesign
Importing an Excel Table to Design a

Schedule in Adobe InDesign
byMohammad Jeprie 3 Oct 2014
Difculty: Beginner Length: Short Languages: English
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What You'll Be Creating
Tutorial Assets
We've used Adobe InDesign CC in this tutorial, but older versions would work as well to
follow along. You will also need the following stock photo to complete this tutorial.
Please download it before you begin, or substitute with a similar picture and adjust the
steps accordingly:
USN Aircraft Model Plane PSD free
1.Prepare the Canvas

Step 1
Start by making a new le inInDesign. ClickFile > Newand set thePage SizetoLetter.
Step 2
Activate theType Tooland then click and drag to create a new text box.
2.Add the Title and Subtitle Text

Step 1
Add a title and subtitletable.
Using theType Tool, select the title. In theOption Bar, set its font type and size.
Step 2
Open theCharacter Stylespanel and then click theCreate New Styleiconto keep the
text format as a newCharacter Style.
Double-clickto change its name.
Here are the title and subtitle used in this tutorial, both in Avenir font. Feel free to
experiment.
3.Import the Table

Step 1
For the table content, we are going to use a table from aMicrosoft Excelle. The le is
available along with this tutorial: there's a download link in the sidebar.
In InDesign, clickFile > Placeto import the Excel le.
Step 2
Select the le. Make sureShow Import Optionsis selected.
The table content ranges from A1 to F23. You can see it inside Microsoft Excel.
You can manually set the tableCell Rangein theImport Optionsand then clickOK.
InDesign will try to automatically detect the table cells. As you can see below, the
results are not accurate. ClickOK. We will just delete the unused rows and columns in
the next step.
You can see that there are some unused rows at the bottom of the table.
Step 3
Select the unused rows by clicking and dragging them vertically.
Step 4
Right-click and then chooseDelete > Row.
4.Modify the Table Appearance

Step 1
Click and drag the edge of the last column to change its width. Make sure it ts the
page width.
Step 2
We want to make one of the columns wider. HoldShiftand then drag it to change its
width independently, without affecting the other columns.
Step 3
Select theDepartureandArrivalcolumns.
To make both columns the same width, right-click and chooseDistribute Columns
Evenly.
Step 4
Select the rst row and then click theAlign Centericon to center the text.
Step 5
Select both columns and then center their content by clicking on theAlign Centericon.
Step 6
Select all the table cells by clicking on the top-left corner.
Change the font formatting. You may nd that some of the new text doesn't t the
current table cell width. InDesign marks this with a red dot.
All you need to do is to change the cell width or height byShift-draggingit.
This is the current table design.
Step 7
Change the width of the rst row by dragging down its bottom line.
Step 8
Select the row and then click theAlign Centericon to center the text vertically.
This is the current design.
Step 9
Select all the table cells.
We don't want to see the lines in each table cell. To remove them, select all the lines in
theOption Barand then set the width to 0 pt.
The borders are gone, but we still have to nd another way to add contrast to the table
for easier reading.
Step 10
Open the Swatches panel and then click theNew Swatchicon.
In theSwatch Options, set the new swatch color to (100, 80, 0, 0). We will consistently
use this color throughout this design.
Step 11
ClickTable > Table Options. Add some space between the table and the text above it.
SetSpace Beforeto 10 mm.
Activate theFillssection. SelectEvery Other RowinAlternating Pattern.
SetFirst 1 Rowswith no color and setNext 1 Rowswith the color swatch created
earlier. Set theTintto10%. SelectSkip First1 Rowsto exclude the table header from
this ll pattern.
Here's the result.
Step 12
Draw a rectangle using theRectangle Tool. Use the same swatch color that we made
earlier.
Add rounded corners to the shape using the menuObject > Corner Options.
SelectRoundedand set the size to3 mm.
Make sure you activatePreviewto see the results in real time.

Here's a closer look at the current header.
Step 13
Place the rectangle right behind the table header. Select it and then hitCtrl-Shift-[to put
it behind the text.
Select the table header and then set its text color to white.
This is the result.
Step 14
Select all the table cells and set the text color to blue.
Repeat the same process on the title and subtitle.
5.Add the Page Footer

Step 1
Draw a curved shape manually using thePen Tool. For its color, use blue.
Draw another curved shape. To add contrast, use a different color.
Step 2
Grab the transparent airplane image from DeviantArt. Place it in the bottom-left corner
of the page.
Step 3
Add a quote and some other text in the page footer.
We're done! This is the end result. I hope you enjoyed this short tutorial and learned one
or two tricks on working with tables in Adobe InDesign.

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Importing an Excel Table to Design a

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What You'll Be Creating

USN Aircraft Model Plane PSD free

1.Prepare the Canvas

2.Add the Title and Subtitle Text

Double-clickto change its name.

3.Import the Table

In InDesign, clickFile > Placeto import the Excel le.

4.Modify the Table Appearance

All you need to do is to change the cell width or height byShift-draggingit.

This is the current table design.

This is the current design.

Activate theFillssection. SelectEvery Other RowinAlternating Pattern.

Here's the result.

Make sure you activatePreviewto see the results in real time.

Here's a closer look at the current header.

This is the result.

Repeat the same process on the title and subtitle.

5.Add the Page Footer

Draw another curved shape. To add contrast, use a different color.

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