Import Word Files into InDesign, Remove Local Formatting but Keep Italics and Bold
By: David Blatner
February 1 2012 • 10:11 AM
This is a workflow I use almost everytime I import a Word file that someone sends me. Every InDesign user should know this.
PR: Recosoft ships ID2Office — A new InDesign to Microsoft Office conversion tool
By: David Blatner
May 25 2011 • 6:47 AM
Osaka, Japan — Recosoft Corporation, the developer of the PDF2Office family of products, PDF2Office for iWork utility, PDF2ID tool for Adobe InDesign and PDF converters ships ID2Office for Mac OS X and Windows.
ID2Office is a new InDesign plug-in to convert InDesign files to the Microsoft Office file formats. ID2Office converts InDesign files to the latest [...]
Importing Word Styles Only
May 10 2011 • 9:03 AM
Use this quick workaround to import Word styles into an InDesign document. (Yes, sometimes that’s what you want to do.)
Drag and Drop AppleScripts for EPUB, IDML, etc.
By: Mike Rankin
May 18 2010 • 7:55 PM
These four AppleScripts (and a simple flick of the wrist) can help Mac users explore and edit IDML, EPUB, FLA, and DOCX files.
InDesign & Word Styles – How well do they transfer with each other?
By: James Fritz
November 2 2009 • 3:59 PM
Moving Styles back and forth between InDesign and Word is possible, but some of your formatting might be lost along the way.
Watch Out for Word’s Based on Styles
By: David Blatner
December 1 2008 • 4:18 PM
Importing MS Word documents can cause pesky problems. You can avoid some problems by ensuring your MS Word paragraph and character styles aren’t based on the wrong thing.