InDesign 2.02, WIN 2000, how-to import WORD doc into new Book file

[Robert_Aceti@adobeforums.com]

I am new at this and have trouble figuring-out import (copy or drag) of MS WORD doc containing an article I wrote into a new InDesign book or tabloid file for pre-print formating. I tried to import a pdf version of the article into InDesign but also can't seem to find the likely answer why it dosen't work: Is it that InDesign simply dosen't do WORD or PDF doc imports/copy/paste? Bob

[Steve_Werner@adobeforums.com]

Don't copy/paste. Instead, choose File > Place. Select the Word file.

[Robert_Aceti@adobeforums.com]

Steve, thank you. I tried it and it partly works. The File/Place command and select WORD in a Tabloid format InDesign new page only placed 3 WORD pages into the first tabloid page and ignored the remainder pgs. 4 to 19 in the WORD document article. I created a second Tabloid page but I am stuck on how to get the entire 19 page WORD document into a tabloid format InDesign page in one easy step - if indeed possible. Any further assist would be kindly appreciated. Bob

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

You need to hold down shift when you place a long file to get ID to autoflow the pages.

Read about threaded text frames in the Help system.

Dave

[Steve_Werner@adobeforums.com]

Robert,

It sounds like you need to either spend some time reading the Help files (or the printed manual). Or pick up a third party book on InDesign. You're expecting that it's going to work like a word processing application, which it's not. Page layout applications work in many way different than Microsoft Word.

Steve