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Kesha_011
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August 28, 2023
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Removing text from an object

  • August 28, 2023
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Hello, I am creating a book on indesign and since the language of the book is not english and copying and pasting from a word doc ends up giving me boxes rather than letters, I am dragging and dropping the pages from a PDF. So the text actually pasts as objects. 

 

So my question is, can we select the text within these objects as I am also looking to create a running footer?

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Peter Spier
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Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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August 28, 2023

You'll find a number of fonts available from Adobe, as well as some tips, in the links on this page: https://www.google.com/search?channel=fen&client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Adobe+sihalese+font

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    Kesha_011Author
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    August 29, 2023

    Thanks a lot for the link Peter! 

    Peter Spier
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    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 29, 2023

    You're welcome.

    I noticed our resident expert on complex script typesetting @Joel Cherney lurking, so if you have more questions be sure to stop back.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
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      August 28, 2023

      InDesign can be set to manage most common languages. Have you looked into setting your base fonts to use that language, as a starting point?

       

      Be sure also to use fonts that contain the full set of letter glyphs for that language. The default Minion Pro is a good starter font — use it to get all the text imported and placed before you start changing the fonts, so that you can choose compatible ones.

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      Kesha_011Author
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      August 28, 2023

      Hi James,

       

      Thank you for the reply! 

      I'm only just starting off on Indesign so I'm learning as I go. Could you please tell me how I can set the base font to my preferred language? in this case it's Sinhala (Sri Lankan)

       

      Thank you!

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
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      August 28, 2023

      Ah, I thought you might have gotten me there... while ID has some 30 languages, I was not sure Sinhala was among them. But...

       

       

      ...there it is in the language list (far enough down that I really needed to split the screen capture to save space!)

       

      Set each of your paragraph styles to Sinhala (unless, as is common, you might have other text in English or another language— set those to that language).

       

      It might help if you use the same font in both Word and ID, at least for the import/transfer stage. Mapping can vary between general fonts and more specific language fonts, creating additional problems like you're now seeing.

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