Smarter Workflows with InDesign and Word

Explore best practices for fast and accurate importing and formatting of Microsoft Word files into Adobe InDesign.

Introduction

• Work smarter with InDesign and Word
• What you should know

1. Text Formatting Essentials

• Find the happy medium
• Compare Word styles to InDesign styles
• Platform differences: Word on Mac vs. Word on Windows
• Watch out for faux fonts and cloud fonts in Word

2. Looking for a Quick Fix? Try These First

• Save your .docx file as the older format .doc
• Double-check paragraph and character defaults in InDesign
• Round-trip the Word file to RTF in Word or InDesign
• Remove internal corruption in Word

3. Import Text with and without Styles

• Flow and thread text: The essentials
• Autoflow text
• Copy and paste from Word
• Word import options: Remove styles but keep overrides
• Word import options: Keep styles, overrides, and more
• Replace Word styles with InDesign styles
• Replace Word tags with InDesign styles
• Map Word styles to InDesign styles
• Create a Word template with InDesign styles

4. Import Artwork along with the Text

• Import and manage images embedded in Word
• Convert WordArt to usable images

5. Common Clean-Ups

• Convert local overrides to styles in Word
• Converting local overrides to styles in InDesign
• Remove extra returns, tabs, and spaces
• Manage automatic bulleted and numbered lists
• Control Word hyperlinks and their formatting

6. Get These Scripts

• PrepText script
• FindChangeByList script
• Multi-Find/Change script
• Unanchor scripts

7. Word Adjacent Workflows

• WordsFlow plugin
• DocsFlow plugin
• Accurate article formatting
• Collaborate with an InDesign and InCopy workflow

Conclusion

• Resources for Word and InDesign help