Cut and paste from Word

[Francis22422790ddg4]

I'd appreciate help on a problem. I want to cut and paste from a Word document into an indd file.  I gather that all Word formatting is lost. This is good since I want to indd fonts. However, I want to retain text styles - italic and bold. Is there any way to cut and paste that loses Word font and paragraph formatting but retains italics and bolding?

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS · Accepted solution]

Have you considered placing the file and turning on show import options? You have a lot more control. 

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

Use File > Place instead and enable Show Import Options. Then you are in charge of if InDesign retains or removes the Word formatting.

~Barb

[Barb Binder]

@Dave Creamer of IDEAS: You type faster than I do. 😊

~Barb

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

And that was on my phone!!