Inconsistent results placing copy
Hello all. Please keep in mind that I'm the editor, not the designer, but I'll do my best to explain what's happening.
We've used the same workflow for many years. It's pretty basic and common, I think. Articles are prepared in Word and styles are applied--"body copy italic," for example. When placed in InDesign, italics, etc., are preserved.
But with InDesign 18 (2023), we started getting inconsistent results. In some documents, italics are preserved. In others, they aren't. In still others, some are, some aren't. Sometimes, the wrong font is applied in InDesign. A brief quote from my designer:
There does not seem to be consistency from one doc to the next when importing Word text. In JAYS (about to come your way), the document imported in all Cambria. As an experiment, I opened the Word doc in Word. In Word, all your styles were visible. But after pasting the copy into a text box in InDesign, all the copy appeared as Basic Paragraph+, all Cambria. But, Basic Paragraph is spec'd as Bembo BQ, our old body copy font. After changing to Body Copy style, the album titles stayed Cambria. When the same file is opened in 2022, everything worked fine.
Have others had problems like this? Has anyone found a solution other than reverting to 2022?
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