Converting Word docs to InCopy for fast and accurate formatting.

Syncing Google Docs with InDesign via DocsFlow.

Round-tripping to InDesign RTF to clear out file corruption.

Converting local formatting to character styles with free scripts.

Extracting embedded images and converting Word art.

Learning best practices for fixing text formatting.Working with footnotes, hyperlinks, and tracked changes.Linking to Word files for automatic updating.Placing Word files in InDesign with the Import Options dialog box.Controlling text formatting when cutting and pasting.Identifying which formatting attributes transfer and which don’t.Understanding the differences between InDesign and Word styles.Plus, I’ve got some incase of emergencies techniques for rescuing corrupted files.įinally, I show some of my favorite Word alternatives, that you can use hand in hand with your Word and InDesign workflow.

I share some great solutions I’ve found for the most common issues, including a file full of normal plus styles, and for what I like to call bizarre formatting. I’ll show a number of free scripts and other third party solutions that can really save the day. You’ll learn, what I have come to call, best practices for flowing and formatting Word texts into InDesign, including managing tricky issues like: local formatting, indexes, images, footnotes and endnotes. In this course, we’ll start out by learning how Microsoft Word and Adobe InDesign work with styles. I’m thrilled to welcome you to one of my favorite topics and LinkedIn Learning courses, Using Word and InDesign Together.

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