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UlfLaursen
UlfLaursen
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September 24, 2022
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Place Word Document including bullet points

  • September 24, 2022
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Hi Guys

 

I am on the latest InDesign on Mac, and the latest Word / office 365, and I have a problem.

I have a document with a lot of bullet points inside Word, but when I place it inside InDesign, I get a strange character instead. What am I doing wrong here, and can it be corrected?

 

I have tried to select the strange character to change / delete it, but I cannot.

 

 

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    Correct answer Lukas Engqvist

    You can replicate this in InDesign if you wish by setting the bullet to a character style with Symbol as its font. you msy also choose another bullet character.

     

    (Here is a video on how you can change bullet https://youtu.be/zsnCIjYTxGE)

    3 replies

    Willi Adelberger
    Community Expert
    Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 24, 2022

    Buld up the paragraph style with fonts and bullet points available.

    With bullet points you should use a dedicated charcter style. When you build the bullets, choose the Character Style in the Bullet section of the Paragraph Style.

    UlfLaursen
    UlfLaursenAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 25, 2022

    Thanks a lot again guys.

    Since this document was not that big, I ended up making a new bullet point style inside word with the bullet of the calibri font, but I have learned a lot, thanks!! 🙂 

      Lukas Engqvist
      Community Expert
      Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 24, 2022

      It should be possible to change the character even if it is missing (in the selected font).
      You can use find/change to find your bullet lists in the "Find Format" section.
      In "Change Format" you can select the style of bullet you like (applying both character and paragraph style if you like, and this would be the preferred way to work.)
      What is the character and font of the bullet in word? 

      UlfLaursen
      UlfLaursenAuthor
      Inspiring
      September 24, 2022

      Thanks guys!

      @Lukas Engqvist  It turns out that the font itself is Calibri, but the "bullet font" is Symbol.

       

      Thanks.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
      Legend
      September 24, 2022

      ID should be able to find Symbol, but the correct fix here is to define ID styles for the bullet paragraphs and assign a bullet symbol there, one that is accessible. Even Calibri, if you're going to continue using that in the converted doc, has some nice little symbols. (Which you can tweak in size, position, color etc. using an associated Character Style.)

       

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      Barb Binder
      Community Expert
      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 24, 2022

      Hi @UlfLaursen:

       

      That square typically means that it's a character that's not available to you in InDesign. You can replace these bullet characters by assigning bullets (or better yet, paragraph styles that include bullets) in InDesign. Find/Change can greatly speed up the process if you have a lot of these.

       

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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