- Adobe InDesign CC Tutorial
- Adobe InDesign CC - Home
- Desktop Publishing - Introduction
- Popular DTP Software
- InDesign CC - Introduction
- InDesign CC - Workspace Basics
- Create the First Document
- InDesign CC - Page Management
- InDesign CC - Section Options
- InDesign CC - Text Frames
- InDesign CC - Story Editor
- Spellchecking Features
- InDesign CC - Find/Change Function
- InDesign CC - Import Images
- InDesign CC - Image Links
- InDesign CC - Edit Images
- InDesign CC - Image Fitting
- InDesign CC - Image Transparency
- InDesign CC - QR Codes
- Selection Tools & Fill Strokes
- Image Color & Transparency
- InDesign CC - Drop Shadows
- Special Effects to Objects
- InDesign CC - Eyedropper Tool
- Find/Change Feature for Objects
- InDesign CC - Swatches Panel
- InDesign CC - Color Panel
- InDesign CC - Gradients & Blends
- InDesign CC - Paths & Outlines
- InDesign CC - Stack Objects
- InDesign CC - Layers
- InDesign CC - Nest Objects
- InDesign CC - Align Objects
- Text Wrap & Anchor Objects
- InDesign CC - Object Transformation
- InDesign CC - Characters
- InDesign CC - Text Formatting
- InDesign CC - Paragraph Formatting
- Paragraph & Character Styles
- InDesign CC - Tables
- InDesign CC - Long Documents
- InDesign CC - Table of Contents
- InDesign CC - Interactive Documents
- InDesign CC - Ebook
- InDesign CC - Preflighting
- InDesign CC - Package Documents
- Print Documents & Booklets
- Export Documents as PDFs
- Selective Text Frame Export
- Word & InDesign
- Word File Import to InDesign
- Word To InDesign
- Photoshop & Illustrator Workflows
- Export InDesign Artwork
- Preserve Layers & Vectors
- Adobe InDesign CC Resources
- Adobe InDesign CC - Quick Guide
- Adobe InDesign CC - Resources
- Adobe InDesign CC - Discussion
Word File Import to InDesign
The Place command in the File menu lets you import a Word file into InDesign. In the Place dialog box, make sure that Show Import Options checkbox is checked.
In the Microsoft Word Import Options dialog box, ensure that the radio button, Preserve Styles and Formatting from Text and Tables in the Formatting section is selected. This will ensure translation of most of the Word styles into InDesign.
Click OK to get the Place cursor in your InDesign document and drag to draw a text frame and place the Word document inside the text frame.
Most of the Word formatting does indeed carry over into InDesign. Things such as bullets and numbering, basic font settings, leading and paragraph styles do carry over just fine.
However, things such as WordArt, highlights, overridden Word styles and image formatting might not carry over well.
Tables carry over well but you might need to readjust the row and column sizes.
