• Adobe InDesign

  Trying Import Word Doc Into new Book

  Posted by John Perez on January 20, 2019 at 8:27 pm

  iI am trying to place (import) a word doc using the Place Options dialogue, but It’s only taking in the first page. Any suggestions?

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  Kalleheikki Kannisto replied 7 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  Kalleheikki Kannisto

  January 21, 2019 at 1:27 pm

  The problem is one of two things. Either (1) the Word document is not one continuous flow or (2) you are not automatically generating new pages to account for the full length of the imported document.

  To fix the second issue, try importing the text by not having anything selected on the page that has a master text frame on it (not with the text tool in the text box, just with the arrow tool with nothing selected) and holding shift when you click with the place text tool at the top left corner of the first page text frame. That method should create as many pages as is needed to hold the full text.

  Kalleheikki Kannisto
  Senior Graphic Designer
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  John Perez

  January 23, 2019 at 10:44 am

  Still not working.

  This is what I’m Doing:

  Create a new page (Master page? Should I create a Text Box on that fist page?)

  Then I PLACE my Word Doc and it creates a text box with text in it. I drag that box out with the text and I only get one page filled and not the 52 pages of the Word file.

  What am I doing wrong?

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  As always thanks so much to you guys…Johnny In Orlando
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  John Perez

  January 24, 2019 at 11:06 am

  I still need help. thx

  HP Intel(R) Core i-7 CPU
  950 @3.07G 3.07
  RAM: 8 Gigs
  64 Bit Op System

  As always thanks so much to you guys…Johnny In Orlando
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  John Perez

  January 26, 2019 at 11:05 pm

  I figured it out. I was dragging/creating a text box when I went to place the text, instead of just Shift+clicking it into the page.

  This is the tutorial I used.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNSW6EYSLv0

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  Kalleheikki Kannisto

  January 27, 2019 at 10:05 am

  Yes, that’s right, dragging will give you just one box. You need to have a master text frame in place and shift-click at the top of it (on a body page) when placing.

  Kalleheikki Kannisto
  Senior Graphic Designer

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