Comments on: Importing iWork or Excel or Anything Else Into InDesign

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:46:15 +0000

Thanks for that link, Jonas. Curiously, that is one of my CS3 videos from lynda.com, which someone must have pirated and put up on youtube! I wonder how many more of my videos have been "liberated" up there. Sigh. But of course, it's much faster to find this information by actually subscribing to lynda.com or buying Real World InDesign.

By: jonas

jonas — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:45:53 +0000

I found this link which answered my question.

: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8SwOUNpjB8

enjoy!

By: jonas

jonas — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:04:19 +0000

I would like to know how to import an excel document into Indesign and have the parameters updated Indesign when I change the original excel file.
I want it to work just as it works if I change my original in Photoshop or in Illustrator and gets updated when I return to my Indesign document
When I import it it is just dead text and not related to my original file. If someone solves this I would become a really happy chap!

Yours sincerely, Jonas

By: Vivian

Vivian — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:54:47 +0000

For those of you who use Delta Graph: once you create a graph, save it as a jpg, and import it into InDesign, can you edit the jpg if you need to make changes?

By: Alex

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By: AlexC

AlexC — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:03:07 +0000

Pagemaker 7 had a paste option called “Paste Special” and you were able to paster as a Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet which kept all the formatting that was in the spreadsheet. Is there a way to do this with inDesign CS4?

By: Susan Everson

Susan Everson — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:51:45 +0000

We’re looking for a new graphing program that will be more print-friendly than SigmaPlot, which we currently use. Our annual report contains about 1500 graphs, which we have to export as PDFs and recolor in Illustrator before placing them in InDesign. This is workable, but a pain. We’ve looked at DeltaGraph, but have been a bit suspicious, as it doesn’t look like there’s been an update for several years. So I’m very interested in Susan’s comment. I’d really appreciate any advice people may have on the best software for making tons of graphs that are ready for print. Many thanks.

By: Alex Anichkin

Alex Anichkin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:42:41 +0000

Hi,
for press quality PDFs – from Numbers or Pages please use the three step process Pages/Numbers – Print to PostScript – Open PostScript file in Acrobat Distiller. The PDFs you get that way could be used by professional printshops and imported into any other design app. I have been using iWork for two years now to produce a magazine with CMYK separated PDFs. Thanks.

By: Susan Eskite

Susan Eskite — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:08:02 +0000

For many years, I have used DeltaGraph (Red Rock Software, formerly SPSS, http://www.redrocksw.com/deltagraph/mac/) to create graphs for print. It can make any kind of graph you can imagine and some you’ve probably never heard of. It saves graphs as EPS, PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG and more. You can make graphs in grayscale, CMYK, and even incorporate spot Pantone colors.

By: Matjaz

Matjaz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:45:53 +0000

I got a request for a “small favour” the other day from a client. She wanted to send to the printhouse a document written in pages and they refused it. She also wanted the document to print in two pantone colours.
I tried the obvious way – exported pdf from pages to open in illustrator to replace colours with pantones. Didn’t work – the characters that have carons messed things up so the lines in columns reached out of it’s column. That happened at export from pages.
The only way was to make a new layout in indd and make a pdf.