CS2 Korean language/font question

[Mark_Woodcock@adobeforums.com]

HELP!

I'm designing a mailing that includes Korean. Since I don't speak the language, I had a client email her text in a Word document. I was going to copy and paste it onto an ind file.

WRONG!

I tried to open the Word document (which is 188k) and I got message saying there wasn't enough disk space to open the 188k document - yeah, right.

So here's the question.......

Let's assume I get around that problem and can actully open the file in Word, will I be able to copy and paste the Korean text into an ind file?

Thanks!

[Diane_Burns@adobeforums.com]

Hi Mark,

As a rule, it is better to use the File > Place command than it is to Copy and Paste, especially when dealing with non-English languages. The reason is that by using the Place command, you are taking advantage of InDesign's fairly robust import filters, and with Copy/Paste, you are relying on the relatively "dumb" pasteboard.

Don't even bother trying to open in MS Word, just place in InDesign.

Why, we did this just today with a Korean Excel spreadsheet, and it worked like a charm.
We did use the Import Options dialog box (in the Place dialog) and set the .xls to come in formatted (as opposed to unformatted). Your Word options should already be set this way, though.

While you're at it, we are conducting a survey for Adobe about CJK usage in InDesign. Would you please take a moment to fill it out? It's very short. You'll find it at:
<http://www.techart.com/idsurvey/>

Thanks,
--Diane

[Marco_A_SantaMaria@adobeforums.com]

I second Diane suggestion, although because of the process we have with existing foreign languages, I do copy and paste from word, excell or other applications. This way I have been able to keep my previous format, font size/type/color on the new revision of the document.

[Mark_Woodcock@adobeforums.com]

It worked perfectly. You have uncomplicated my life.

THANKS!

m.