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Importing Data using Merge and Paragraph Returns

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    • April 29, 2011 at 4:44 am #59440
      BenMajor
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      Hi there,

      I have some data which I am currently importing to InDesign uisng the Data Merge functionality. Although I have set the option to remove blank lines, it doesn't function how I would like (because there are several rows which are empty in succession, InDesign only ignores one of them).

      Since I have exported the CSV file from a MySQL database using PHP, I can ultimately format the data however I so choose. What I would like to do is force a paragraph return in the content within the CSV file. However, I do not know how to achieve this. Inserting regular new line characters, such as “n”, “r” do not do anything, and even “Z” simply outputs the string in InDesign.

      I guess my question is: how can I force InDesign to insert a paragraph break within the content of the CSV file?

      Thanks in advance,
      Ben

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