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Marco Antonio Sá
Marco Antonio Sá
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March 15, 2023
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Unable to import text into InDesign

  • March 15, 2023
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I'm having a problem with importing texts into InDesing.
When selecting the PLACE command and clicking in the space where it will be applied, the fonts change to a superscript and samallcaps configuration, and do not continue with the Time New Roman of the original text.
Will it be a configuration problem?

 

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Micah5C08
Inspiring
March 15, 2023

Before placing the text, go to both the character and paragraph styles and check that they are not on a style you don't want to be applied. Placed text will have styles applied automatically. You can tell which style will be applied to any placed text because it will be highlighted when nothing is selected. 

Marco Antonio Sá
Marco Antonio SáAuthor
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March 15, 2023

I did all this and it is not the problem

HARSHIKA_VERMA
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HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
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March 30, 2023

Hi @Marco Antonio Sá,

 

Thank you for trying all the steps suggested by our experts. Would you mind telling us if it's happening with the latest version of InDesign 18.2? Is it happening with all documents or with a specific document?

Please also share the screen recording of the workflow, which might help us better understand. 

 

We will try our best to help.

 

Thanks,

Harshika

 

 

Frans v.d. Geest
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Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
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March 15, 2023

What are your import settings? Keep or remove formatting? (Check the 'import options' when using Place).

And: is [Basic Paragraph] (for the Paragraph style) and [None] (for the Character style) set in case of 'remove formatting' on Place?

If you do not know what this all means, may I suggest you get some basic training in InDesign first?

    Marco Antonio Sá
    Marco Antonio SáAuthor
    Known Participant
    March 15, 2023

    I know what this means and this is not the problem but there's a yellow triangle showing that something is wrong  as you will see in the picture

     

      BobLevine
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      BobLevineCommunity Expert
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      March 15, 2023

      It means what it says. You have identically named styles in the Word and InDesign files so you have to tell InDesign what to do with them.

        BobLevine
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        BobLevineCommunity Expert
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        March 15, 2023

        Sounds like you have a paragraph or character style already selected before placing the text. Make sure both are set to none.

          Frans v.d. Geest
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          Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 15, 2023

          [Basic Paragraph] (for the Paragraph style) and [None] (for the Character style) to be precise;-)

          Steve Werner
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          Steve WernerCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 15, 2023

          Please provide more information so we can help you:  What is the source format of the text (text only, Word document, RTF, etc?) and what application produced it? Please tell us what operating system (exactly) you're running. Please tell us (exactly) what InDesign version you're using.

           

          Does this just happen in when placing in one particular file, or does it also happen if you place into a new InDesign document?

            Marco Antonio Sá
            Marco Antonio SáAuthor
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            March 15, 2023

            Source format an aplplication: Word

            Operating system: Mac OS 12.6.3

            In Desing 18.1

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