3 Tables

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Getting started
This chapter presents table-related use cases. To learn to program with tables, do the following:

 Read “Exploring tables with SnippetRunner”, to familiarize yourself with available related sample code
and documentation.

 Read the “Tables” chapter in Adobe® InDesign Products Programming Guide.

 Study the TableAttributes and TableBasics SDK samples.

For help with specific programming issues, see the sections below for a use case that matches your needs.

Exploring tables with SnippetRunner

SnippetRunner is a plug-in supplied by the SDK that lets you run code snippets, which can help you
explore your use case.

Run InDesign with the SnippetRunner plug-in loaded. Use SnippetRunner to run the snippets listed below
under “Sample code.” See the “Snippets” section of the API reference documentation for more information
regarding snippets and instructions on using SnippetRunner itself. Browse the source code of the sample
snippets.

Sample code

 SnpAccessTableContent

 SnpCreateTable

 SnpInspectTableModel

 SnpIterTableUseDictHier

 SnpManipulateTableStyle

 SnpModifyTable

 SnpSetTableFill

Related APIs

 ICellContentManager

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