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Placing text from Word - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign Quick Tips
Placing text from Word
- [Instructor] Placing text from a Word document is an efficient way to get content into an InDesign layout without having to copy and paste repeatedly. Using the type tool click in the text frame in the upper right corner of the page. Choose file, place, and navigate to the Word document that you want to place into this frame. To see the options available when placing the Word document, click the show import options checkbox, and then click open. In the formatting section of the import options dialogue box you can choose to remove formatting, or retain formatting from the Word document. Click remove styles and formatting from text and tables. It's good to do this because it allows us to format the text without any unwanted remnants from the Word document. Click OK. The text is hard to see because it's black text on a black background. Choose edit, select all, then in the properties panel change the fill color of the…
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Create a new document1m 19s
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Panning and zooming1m 4s
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Creating swatches1m 2s
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Drawing basic shapes1m 13s
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Applying color1m 6s
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Duplicating objects45s
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Placing graphics using a frame54s
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Placing graphics without a frame51s
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Creating and formatting headline text1m 5s
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Applying kerning and tracking to text1m 15s
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Placing text from Word1m 13s
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Formatting text1m 13s
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Creating a paragraph style1m 13s
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Applying a paragraph style1m 8s
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Creating and applying character styles1m 20s
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Creating type on a path1m 9s
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Aligning objects1m 7s
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Understanding screen modes1m 7s
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Exporting a PDF file1m 23s
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