I need to import word documents in to Indesign 2 can someone help me please?

[terry_purcell@adobeforums.com]

Is there a plugin that will make my life easier than copy and pasting?

[emencz@adobeforums.com]

File>place>browse to your folder. Press shift as you open it for more options.

[Joan_Barrigher@adobeforums.com]

This is how I do it. 1. Open new document. 2. Click on "Place." When the window opens, go to where your Word Document file is located. 3. Click on the filename. Make sure the "Show Option" box is checked. 4. Another screen might appear. Just check the appropriate items and then OK.

If you are using Word 2003, it will bring the file in with no problem. If you encounter a error message, go into Word and under Save AS, choose the RTF(Rich text file)option. If you want, give the file a different or similar name, so you won't choose the Word document file. Then repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 using the RTF file you just saved.

InDesign should bring in the file with no problem. You may have to make some adjustment, but it is easy. I created my client's Employee Handbook and Business Plan projects using InDesign CS from files I created in Word 2003.

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[Abe]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 09:07:10 -0700, [email]terry_purcell@adobeforums.com[/email]
wrote:

>Is there a plugin that will make my life easier than copy and pasting?

I try to keep all Office Products away from InDesign, even copy and
paste can result in unwanted Paragraph styles being brought over.

I always cut and paste from Word into Notepad/PFE, then from there to
InDesign.
That strips the font information and pastes into InDesign with the
selected Paragraph style.

Abe

[Marek Williams]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:29:03 +0100, Abe <abe_nospam@hotmail.com> dijo:

>I always cut and paste from Word into Notepad/PFE, then from there to
>InDesign.
>That strips the font information and pastes into InDesign with the
>selected Paragraph style.

What is Notepad/PFE?

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[Abe]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:37:08 -0700, Marek Williams <abc@example.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:29:03 +0100, Abe <abe_nospam@hotmail.com> dijo:
>

>>I always cut and paste from Word into Notepad/PFE, then from there to
>>InDesign.
>>That strips the font information and pastes into InDesign with the
>>selected Paragraph style.

>
>What is Notepad/PFE?

Notepad is Microsoft's plain text editor.

PFE is Programmer's File Editor (freeware) also a plain text editor
[url]http://www.download.com/3302-2352_4-904159.html[/url]
which I have used for the last 10 years in preference to notepad.

Abe