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toolka
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August 20, 2019
Question

InDesign places only a part of word document.

  • August 20, 2019
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Hello Everyone,

I have a 45-page word document. When I try to insert it into inDesign using typical 'place' command it places only 13 initial pages.

Any suggestions on how to resolve it? Maybe I am missing something in the settings.

I will appreciate your help on the issue.

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toolkaAuthor
Participant
August 20, 2019

Thank you so much, yes there is an oversized image.

In word doc. it is fitted into the image box but with an import, it reverts to its original size.

Do you know if there is an import option, which would maintain the image sizes as they are in the word file?

Maybe I need to tick something.

I am grateful for your help. Much, much appreciated!

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Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 20, 2019

It's been quite a while since I used the import feature. But oversized images are problematic.

Check out this thread here to resize all images in a document

Scale all images at once in InDesign

Note the correct answers as noted in the last reply.

Are you ok installing/running scripts?

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Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 20, 2019

Are you sure the text is not oversetting?

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toolkaAuthor
Participant
August 20, 2019

When I  place the word document I do it with SHIFT, so I have thought it would create as many pages as needed to insert the whole content.

it creates 14 pages and that is all! On the last page, there is an overset text square/arrow, but it does not allow any further text inserts.

Tragically frustrating...

Jongware
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JongwareCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 20, 2019

Well then, the #1 tip in most of the above is to check in the Story Editor.

You can see it if there is something blocking at the exact position that the Overset text starts. It could be a huge table, image, or inline text box. If the overset starts with just plain text, check if it has an impossibly large indent, is set to always start on a Next Page, does not allow any word breaking and the "word" is wider than the available text width, et cetera et cetera.

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