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    11 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests » Type, Fonts, Text  ·  Admin →
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    Spencer Bailey commented  · 

    Can the table functionality from InDesign be added to Illustrator?

    I am a graphic designer that works with dietary supplements, and while Illustrator is perfect for designing our labels for print, it is less than ideal for creating supplement facts boxes.

    In InDesign, I have created a product catalog where I used the table function to make a stylized (not FDA compliant) table with supplement facts information and it worked so well, but that function is not available in Illustrator. In Illustrator, I have to create a different text box for each column and fiddle with the paragraph styles (which aren't as good in Illustrator as InDesign (understandable, but still)) and spacing to get the proper layout of a table, AND THEN add individual lines one-by-one.

    I think I could make a full FDA compliant supplement facts box using InDesign's table function, but it is not practical to make it in InDesign then paste to Illustrator because it's inefficient, and not to mention that Adobe applications don't like to copy and paste between themselves for some reason. I also do not want to make it on InDesign, then export as a png and place the png, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be able to do it all in Illustrator, especially since paragraph styles are in Illustrator.

    I also think this function would make sense to be in Illustrator for people that may be using it to make infographics that have no reason to have InDesign. I also do not see this as a feature that could cannibalize InDesign usage because the programs are meant for quite different purposes, with only some overlap.

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