How to use the same formatt in InDesign

[lords_9029]

My friend is working to transfer files from Word & Pages by copying and pasting to format into InDesign software for a book project.

Now I bought a PDFMARKZ software to eliminate her task of doing copy & paste for all 60 books to format!

Next step I am stuck on is trying to figure out how to use the same User setting that is in the finished formatted InDesign for the PDF files thats transfered to InDesign.

Does anyone have recommendations or solutions to my question?

[BobLevine]

I'm not at all clear what you need to know or where PDFMarkz comes into play, so you're going to have to provide more detail.

[Mike Witherell]

Hi lordz,

There are two features of InDesign that will capture the look and feel of a printed page being made in InDesign:

1. Paragraph Styles carry all the many choices of typesetting attributes for the text flowing across the pages. Text brought into InDesign via File > Place should next be dressed up with Paragraph Styles for attributes like typeface, point size, leading, and other attributes that influence the spacing and shape of the paragraphs. Smaller bits of text that get italicized or bolded are controlled by means of subservient Character Styles. 

2. The Document Setup (and Parent Pages) is largely where you make the basic decisions about physical page size, margins width, and number of columns of that physical page.