Here’s a free video from lynda.com (recorded by the one and only Anne-Marie Concepcion) on how to place the contents of a Word file into InDesign without stripping out useful bits of formatting. The secret is to map your styles. Hint: You can find this by turning on Show Import Options in the Place dialog box. Learn how to customize your style import, map your styles, and even save the Word and InDesign style relationships as a preset!
(By the way, you can watch it in full-screen mode and get other controls by clicking the lynda.com logo in the upper-left corner of the video.)
Enjoy! Then, when you’re done check out the rest of our InDesignSecrets tutorials at lynda.com.
This article was last modified on December 30, 2021
This article was first published on January 9, 2014
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