Hidden Limits of Table Cell Heights
Can I do a full depth table in A4? It seems to be limiting me to 21.1 cms
Susie, it's easy to do a table as long as an A4 page... as long as there are more than one row. But I'm guessing you're wanting a single row to be taller than 21.1 cms or 50 picas. That's the maximum height of a table cell by default.
Fortunately, you can change this if you know where to look. Select the cells you want to edit with the Text tool, then choose Table > Cell Options > Text (or press Command-Option-B/Ctrl-Alt-B). Now click on the Rows and Columns tab.
Notice the Maximum value? If you increase that, your cells can be taller. Like so much in InDesign, it's frustrating until you see it done once!