How to copy paste info from a table in Word into a table in InDesign within the table formatting?

[marjorie_7734]

Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone knew if it's possible to copy and paste information from a table inside Word into a table in Indesign without it inserting all the text into one box? I want all the information I copy from the Word document to perfectly copy across all the boxes in the table in Indesign. However, it only inserts all the numerical text into ONE box instead across multiple boxes in the table in Indesign.

I am attempting to speed this process of information input, because manually doing it takes up so much time. Thank you for any help! 

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Copy and paste is a frustrating option with InDesign. Sometimes it works perfectly; other times it does bizarre things with the content. (And that''s with text; cut/pasting graphics has a whole list of issues of its own.)

The best solution to "pasting" text from another source where a simple cut from Word (or whatever) into ID doesn't work is to actually import, Place, the source file and then cut and paste from that. Use a separate, temporary text frame in your working document, or a "junk" document in which you can Place files, clip what you want, and then delete all the content for the next round.

I just did a quick test and a table imported well to a new ID doc, ready for cutting and pasting into a working doc. You can extend this process and streamline the workflow by assigning styles in Word that are mirrored in your working and/or temp doc, and make sure to enable the file import menu when you Place the doc, to check and adjust the style mapping. Using all those features should greatly speed and smooth the process of dragging content into your ID project.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@marjorie_7734 

Can you post more info on what you are trying to achieve - there are different ways to get data from WORD/Excel into InDesign.