Workflow for creating book from word

Question

I have set up chapter 1 of my book in InDesign. Now I am looking to see if I have the right approach for creating the entire book.

My plan is to:

1) set up a template based on chapter 1 to use for each of the other chapters in the book.
2) include a template for style mapping in the chapter template so my Word text should turn into my InDesign layout as easy as possible

However, I'm not sure if this will allow me to make changes easily along the way, such as changing font sizes, etc. in a central place so that it will affect all the documents?

In chapter 1, I created the document with a primary text frame. Later I decided to change the margin size, but the text frame did not change. I, therefore, changed the size of it manually one page at a time which of course I cannot do if I choose to change the margin again at a later point.

JonathanArias · Accepted Answer

thats easy!

you set one chapter as the parent for styles. open that file from the book panel, make your changes. synch from book panel. done.

you would greatly benifit out of watching this course as you go:

https://www.lynda.com/InCopy-tutorials/Creating-Long-Documents-InDesign-CC/179050-2.html?srchtrk=index%3a7%0alinktypeid%3a2%0aq%3along+document%0apage%3a1%0as%3arelevance%0asa%3atrue%0aproducttypeid%3a2

simon5CD0 · Answer

I created the document with a primary text frame. I'm not sure if that's ideal and whether or not that actually attaches it directly to the master page?

I have tested out the style mapping and I have it working just fine in my chapter 1. What I'm hoping to do is to be able to make changes in one place and then have these changes affect all chapters at once to avoid having to make the same edits in each chapter.

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded