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petercarleton77
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March 3, 2020
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Importing tables from Word to Indesign

  • March 3, 2020
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Is there a way to completely remove all the table styling from a table imported from Word?

When I import tables from Word it's difficult to edit the styling when compared to tables I've created from scratch with Indesign.

 

I'm working with some big tables so I really don't want to have to copy and paste each cell.

If you see the attached visual I can't get the horizontal grey lines to appear. They appear to be turning white which they shouldn't be as I've set them to a cell style that has a grey outline.

 

Any advice much appreciated.

 

Thank you

 

 

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Correct answer petercarleton77

I've managed to fix this by re-importing the tables and checking the box to remove all the styles on import.

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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March 3, 2020

Hi Peter,

what's your version of InDesign?

If the latest update 15.0.2.323 you can look into a script by Gregor Fellenz that comes along with the update.

Its positioned in the new category Community in your Scripts panel and is named ClearStyleOverrides.jsx.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/scripting.html#community_scripts

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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petercarleton77AuthorCorrect answer
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March 3, 2020

I've managed to fix this by re-importing the tables and checking the box to remove all the styles on import.

Geоrge
Geоrge
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March 3, 2020

If you have such works every day then you don't have any alternative to this - 

 

https://youtu.be/MKR-7ODT62g

 

https://www.woodwing.com/en/smart-styles-adobe-indesign-plugin

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner
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petercarleton77Author
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March 3, 2020

Hi George,

 

Thanks for the reply, it's not something I'll be doing long term so I don't want to commit to a subscription.

 

Is there any way to fix this problem within Indesign's current set up?

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