Indesign – Importing from a Word doc – I don't want character styles applied

[andreas56453368]

Hi there! TYIA for your assistance. 

I am importing text into InDesign from MS Word.

a) my cursor is in my text box, and there are no character styles 

b) I place my imported text from MS WORD –  enabling "Show import options"

c) Formatting – I'm making sure to "Remove Styles and Formatting from Text and Tables" 

d) hit "OK" 

All the text, including the text in the tables is ALL coming in with a character style applied, which I don't want. 

If I could "select all" that would allow me to remove the character style right away, but I can't do that because this doc is full of tables, and select all doesn't highlight the table text. 

Please help! TY!!!!  

[Colin Flashman]

Try deselecting everything and get back to the black arrow tool.

Check the character style palette and make sure it is on [None] and check the paragraph style palette and make sure it is on [Basic Paragraph].

If the above has been done, then go file, place and see if the issue persists.

[BobLevine]

Do not start with a text frame. Simply shift+click (to automatically create new pages) on a blank page.