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Working with Google Docs in InDesign

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Working with Google Docs in InDesign

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- [Instructor] Hi there, we're looking at a formatted Google doc with a couple of imported pictures. We have this one that the user uploaded from the Insert, Image, Upload from computer menu. So it's a high-res image. And then we have this lovely work of art that I did myself with Google Docs' own drawing tools. Did you know that Google Docs had drawing tools? If I edit it, you can sort of see the panel that you can use. And I just made a squiggle with the line tool and added an arrowhead. So that's our sample. The problem here is how do you get formatted text and images from a Google doc into Adobe NDesign? Well, even before I start showing you different ways to do that, I should mention that if you do this more than a couple times a week, you should definitely check out DocsFlow from emsoftware.com, a fantastic NDesign plugin that can import your Google docs, including the formatting, including the pictures, make links…

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