Help with InDesign Tables • How to limit the number of characters in a cell?

i'm placing huge excel file indesign table.  1 of columns contains descriptive text tends excessive @ times.  there text fit in box , text wraps around next line.

 

is there way automatically limit number of characters in cell , add "..." if description exceeds set number of characters?

 

example:

 

instead of...

code	description	price	category
tbs441218	royal s4s trimboard s/s - 4/4 (3/4’’) 1x12 ( 11 1/4’’) x 18’ - 100% cellular pvc trimboard	$68.85	trim moulding

 

do...

code	description	price	category
tbs441218	royal s4s trimboard s/s - 4/4 (3/4’’) 1x12 ( 11 1/4’’) x 18’ - 100% cellular...	$68.85	trim moulding

no, there not such function in indesign. in ms excel truncate content of cell , import that.

make sheet in excel text functionality each cell has draw values other 1 automatically, truncate in sheet , import indesign.

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