Creating Table In PageMaker

There is no concept of tables native in PageMaker, except for the buggy Adobe Table that is included with PageMaker. You can make tables with the line drawing tools and rule above and below paragraph settings, but you must be patient to do this. You will also need to get familiar with Indents and Tabs (CTRL+I) to make PageMaker native tables. Combined with the line tool and rule above and below paragraphs, you can make some good tables.

Having said all that, about the best practices with PageMaker, there is another way if you are on Windows. You can copy and paste tables you make in Microsoft Word to PageMaker. 

Here is the secret:
1.) Make a table of your choice in Word, Select or Copy the whole table, and nothing but the table.

2.) Switch to your PageMaker document. Choose Paste Special from the Edit menu. Choose Enhanced Metafile.

You should now have a nice table.

It usually works, but some service bureaus and printers have trouble with it. I have never had any problems, but I have pretty good luck in these matters.

But there is another and much easier way of making a table with all its contents, that is just by using Edit > Insert Object command.

Follow these steps:

1.Go to ‘Edit’ Menu option in PageMaker and click ‘Insert object’.

2. This will open the ‘Insert Object’ dialog box.

3. Choose ‘Microsoft Word’ from the Object Type option.

4. This will open Microsoft Word-here you create your table along with its content.

5. Simply select the File > Update command or ‘Ctr + S’ key from Microsoft Word.

6. This will automatically import your Word table to PageMaker document.