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When placing a .txt file into a text box, I get boxes

Community Beginner ,
Nov 09, 2021 Nov 09, 2021

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Hi everyone,

 

I'm going through a tutorial on InDesign at the moment and I got to the section about placing .txt files and setting them up in tables, unfortunately, all I got from placing the .txt file was as per the image below:

Text File:

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Result upon placing into text box:

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Not sure what I am doing wrong here, File>Place>TableData.txt...>Open (while clicked in or clicked out of text box), should be pretty straightforward, I attached the files as well. I am also using the latest version.

 

Can someone please help me out?

Thank you!

 

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Community Beginner , Nov 09, 2021 Nov 09, 2021

Hi,

 

Just found the solution, basically when I hit Place>ImportOptions> the Character Set: was set to Unicode UTF16, which when changed to ANSI works perfectly. (Not sure what that does but it works)

 

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Thanks!

 

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Community Expert ,
Nov 09, 2021 Nov 09, 2021

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There's a missing font. Change it to one you have installed.

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Community Beginner ,
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I changed the text file font to Arial Regular and when I place it into InDesign, it says Minion Pro Regular, it still displays the same thing.

Any other things that could affect it?

 

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Hi,

 

Just found the solution, basically when I hit Place>ImportOptions> the Character Set: was set to Unicode UTF16, which when changed to ANSI works perfectly. (Not sure what that does but it works)

 

JustAverage_0-1636458559714.png

Thanks!

 

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