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Liora Darom
Liora Darom
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July 4, 2018
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Placing word document with pictures

  • July 4, 2018
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Hello

I'm designing a book and got the text and images for the book as a word file.

My fist try was to place the file into the indesign file. it got stuck all the time.

My second try was to copy and paste from the word file, but it pasted only the text.

Now - I've saved all the pictures from the word as png's and then placed them into the indesign.

Still the indesign file does not behave normally.

Is there another method I should try?

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Correct answer Derek Cross

Best to insert the text separately by Placing the Word doc and then add the pics. PNG isn't the best format for printing, though they would work.

You can use the InDesign Microsoft Word Import Options feature to place the text and retain the formatting (to match Word to InDesign  Styles.

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BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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July 4, 2018

A DOCX file contains the original image and should come in as an embedded image. You can then unembed them to make things a bit easier to manage. As an alternate, you can rename the DOCX file to a ZIP file, uncompress it and you'll find a folder with the images there.

All that out of the way, you have given us virtually nothing to go on. What version of InDesign? What operating system? How large is the Word file? Is it DOCX or DOC? Have you opened it and checked for revisions? If they're still in the document, accept them all and save the file again. What exactly does "it got stuck all the time" mean?

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    July 4, 2018

    Hi Lioradarom ,

    I don't think that InDesign behaves strange.

    Could well be that the Word document contains images that are too big ( height value ) for your text frames.
    So import will stuck and you are left with overset text in the placed story.

    A discussion around that particular problem can be found in the InDesign Scripting Forum where several scripters tried to create a solution: Re: Scale all images at once in InDesign

    Also read this: Re: Scale all images at once in InDesign

    Hope, this helps.

    Regards,
    Uwe

    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    July 4, 2018

    Best to insert the text separately by Placing the Word doc and then add the pics. PNG isn't the best format for printing, though they would work.

    You can use the InDesign Microsoft Word Import Options feature to place the text and retain the formatting (to match Word to InDesign  Styles.

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