Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 496)

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1. Using the Type tool , select the cell or cells you want to affect.
2. Choose Table > Cell Options > Text.
3. Under Vertical Justification, select an Align setting: Align Top, Align Center, Align Bottom, or Justify Vertically.
If you select Justify, specify the Paragraph Spacing Limit; this will set a maximum amount of space to be added between paragraphs. (See
Align or justify text vertically within a text frame.)
4. For First Baseline, select an option to determine how text is to be offset from the top of the cell.
The settings are the same as the corresponding settings in the Text Frame Options dialog box. (See Change text frame properties.)
5. Click OK.
To change the horizontal alignment of text within a cell, use the alignment option in the Paragraph panel. To align text in a cell to a decimal
tab, use the Tabs panel to add a decimal tab setting.
Rotate text in a cell
1. Position the insertion point in the cell you want to rotate, or select the cells you want to affect.
2. Choose Table > Cell Options > Text, or display the Table panel.
3. Select a value for Rotation, and click OK.
Change cell inset spacing
1. Using the Type tool , place the insertion point in or select the cell or cells you want to affect.
2. Choose Table > Cell Options > Text, or display the Table panel.
3. Under Cell Insets, specify values for Top, Bottom, Left, and Right, and then click OK.
In many cases, increasing the cell inset spacing will increase the row height. If the row height is set at a fixed value, make sure that you leave
enough room for the inset values, to avoid causing overset text.
Merge and split cells
You can merge (combine) or split (divide) cells in a table.
Merge cells
You can combine two or more cells in the same row or column into a single cell. For example, you can merge the cells in the top row of the table
to create a single cell to be used for the table title.
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