I would give InDesign the edge over tables with its advanced Table, Cell, and Paragraph styles. ID can link to the Excel file to pull in updates to the data; with a third-party plug-in even more features are available, such as two-way edit updates. Also, InDesign can import/link to a single worksheet or a named region from a large spreadsheet. A little more trouble to set up, but once you do, the table styles work great.
David Creamer IDEAS Training ADOBE Authorized Instructor & Certified Expert since 1994 Training on: Acrobat, LiveCycle Designer, InDesign, InCopy, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, After Effects, Fireworks, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Captivate, RoboHelp FrameMaker Certified since 1991, including structured XML Authorized QuarkXPress Instructor and Certified Expert since 1988 Microsoft Office training, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Project, and more FileMaker Business Alliance member: Trainer Authorized FlightCheck Instructor _______________ From: D L Reynolds <reyno...@semicool.com> I use both FrameMaker and InDesign, love them both. But if the document in question has a lot of tables, stay with FrameMaker. FrameMaker?s table editor is far superior to InDesign?s IMO. ... Donna Reynolds _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
