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YYKz
YYKz
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June 25, 2018
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Looking for something similar to Photoshop's Typesetterer

  • June 25, 2018
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Hi, everyone.

I've recently switched my work from Photoshop to Indesign, I work in the comic/manga industry and I've noticed that even if InDesign is more text editing centered, there isn't any kind of option to make text insertion any more convenient.

For those who don't understand what I mean with this. There's this little tool (external program actually) for Photoshop called "Typesetterer" which pretty much overwrites the whole nuisance of "select text > copy > switch to Photoshop > paste > switch to document > rinse and repeat" by using simple key shortcuts. I'm surprised that I haven't stumbled upon anything similar for InDesign, and no, "Import the Word Document" doesn't help at all for this kind of work an InCopy doesn't really fit here either.

I've tried searching but believe me... all I get is "How to make text frames" or "how to insert text - basic InDesign" and so on, nothing remotely similar of what I'm actually seeking. I still find it hard to believe that Photoshop has better plugins/external tools for text than InDesign.

Anyways, thanks for anyone who has the time to read this and if I've been totally wrong here and there's actually a way to make this easier but I'm just too green with ID it'll be wonderful if you could let me know .

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Correct answer chanaconley

I realize this is an older thread, but it is still one of first that appear when you do a search on Typesetterer. https://github.com/RisingFog/InDesign-Scripts It's a work in progress he just started recently, but it was developed by a person who had been using typesetterer with PS and was moving to ID to work on manga. 

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chanaconleyCorrect answer
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May 17, 2020

I realize this is an older thread, but it is still one of first that appear when you do a search on Typesetterer. https://github.com/RisingFog/InDesign-Scripts It's a work in progress he just started recently, but it was developed by a person who had been using typesetterer with PS and was moving to ID to work on manga. 

YYKz
YYKzAuthor
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June 26, 2018

I get the dialog in a Word Document It can be like a single comic page can take up to 2 word pages or multiple comic pages in a single word page depending on the dialog.

Sorry to both, but no.

I am not asking for formatting nor styles, I'm asking a way to skip the whole copy/paste dialogs and the continuous switching between InDesign and the Document with the dialog.

Pretty much like this video

Using the Typesetterer Tool, part 1 - YouTube

Sorry if it's a little bit slow but it's the only one where the person actually talks and has no loud music in the background.

This makes adding text to comics so much easier and I repeat, I am not asking for styling text nor how to add text.

rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
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June 25, 2018

by using simple key shortcuts. I'm surprised that I haven't stumbled upon anything similar for InDesign, and no, "Import the Word Document" doesn't help at all for this kind of work an InCopy doesn't really fit here either.

For clipboard text you can use either Paste or Paste without Forrmatting—if theres no insertion point selected, both will create a new text frame on the paste. Paste without Formatting will format the text with your document's default style.

Paragraph formatting can be saved as Paragraph Styles and assigned key commands for applying the style. Single characters and words can be formatted via Character Styles, which can also be assigned key commmands.

Willi Adelberger
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Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 25, 2018

Did you consider to use object styles which can use paragraph styles and their next styles automatically?

Where is the text originated from? When it is always linked to an image you can write the text in the description field (or any other field, even a specific named for you). This can be done in Bridge.

When placing an image it can be drawn automatically with Object and Paragraph and even Character Styles.

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