Is there a plug-in for importing recipes

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November 2, 2020
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I have been struggling with finding a simple way to import recipes into Indesign for a cookbook. Is there some kind of plug-in that will format it correctly that will just run a script? I know there are ways to do this but they are so time consuming, hoping someone has something I am not aware of! Thanks!

Correct answer JonathanArias

https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/Using-Word-InDesign-Together/122930-2.html?autocompleteMovieId=143681

brian_p_dts

Community Expert

As Bob suggests, it pretty much starts and ends with well thought out Paragraph and Character styles. Nail that and it should be a breeze. You could always explore Data Merge if your recipes are in a data file.

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evansh01Author

Participant

Thats what I need to know, how to get them to come in correctly with data merge. 🙂

brian_p_dts

Community Expert

One field per recipe line is probably best (ie, Instructions_1, Instructions_2, Instructions_3). Using soft returns in a csv file can mess up how the data flows in through Datamerge. You can have blank entries in your data and just use GREP to remove them after you do the merge.

BobLevine

Community Expert

What makes recipes any different than anything else?

I did a cookbook a few years ago and all of the material was provided as Google Docs.

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evansh01Author

Participant

It is the ingredient list, should that all be in its own column in the excel document, not all recipes have the same amount of ingredents. Some recipes are longer than others.

How did you do it when you used google docs? Can you give me the steps you took to make the cookbook, I really appreciate any helps and or tips, thanks!

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