script to unmerge specific cells in a table

[frontline design]

Hi,

I have a Indesign document with 100's of tables. The tables have merged cells that I would like to unmerge.

The following script works very well but it unmerges all merged cells within the document - I only want to unmerge the 1st cell in the 1st column.

app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem( ).tables.everyItem( ).cells.everyItem( ).unmerge( );

My question is:

is there a way to specify to only unmerge specific cells in a table e.g 1st column, 1st Cell?

There is no need for the script to manage content like text because the existing text can be deleted.

thank you in advance for any advice

David

[Chinnadk · Accepted solution]

app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables[0].columns[0].cells[0].unmerge();

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

Would that script only un-merge the first table, would it not need to be

app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().columns[0].cells[0].unmerge();

to un-merge all the 1st cells in the 1st columns.

Regards

Malcolm

[frontline design]

Hi Malcolm,

I tried both your and Chinnadks answers and they both work - hard to pick who gets the star but Chinnadk replied first.

thank you again

[frontline design]

thank you for your help.

I tried your script and the one from Malcolm and they both work.

thanks again