[SCRIPT] Word import options

[lfcorullon]

Any suggestion on how to import multiple Word documents (each Word to a new InDesign document) using an import preset? I have the SMP file and need to apply it to all selected Word files. I though I can show the import dialog options in the first one, I instructed my client to set the preset to be the default. But this way just the first Word file receives the import options set in SMP file.

Any thoughts?

[Mike Bro]

Hello @lfcorullon,

Can you post what you have working so far?

Regards,

Mike

[lfcorullon]

My function to place the word files is like this:

for (var i=0; i<dwords.length; i++) {
    var opts = (i===0) ? true : false;
    var f = File(dwords[i]);
    tf.place(f , opts);
}

As mentioned, the first one results OK, all other Word files in the folder (which I stored in the dwords variable) results in an InDesign document without, for example, the style mappings.

[Mike Bro]

Hello @lfcorullon,

Take a look at the post from Peter Kahrel below, it might be exactly what you're trying to create.

If not at least you'll see that......."it's not possible for a script to use InDesign's presets for placing Word documents. Before running the script, you need to create a preset and set it as the default."

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/place_documents.html

Regards,

Mike

[lfcorullon]

I see this post from Kahrel.

And, as I told, I'm using exactly this. I'm setting the preset in the first Word placement and set the selected preset as default. If I don't misunderstood, I don't need to create a new preset each time I want to place a Word file using script.

[Peter Kahrel]

You didn't misunderstand. If it no longer works, then that's an InDesign problem.

[lfcorullon · Accepted solution]

I made it my own way. Placing the smp file, reading it, making relations of the styles and then changing the imported text with find/change.