Hey folks, it’s time for another InDesign mystery that you can solve for a chance to win an awesome prize!
Here’s the scenario:
You have a Microsoft Word document containing some styled text that you want to bring into InDesign as unformatted text.
Knowing that InDesign has a feature called Paste Without Formatting, you copy the text from Word and switch to InDesign. You try to choose Edit > Paste Without Formatting. But the command is grayed out.
You paste the text, using the standard Paste command, and it comes in without formatting anyway!
Why does the text from Word get pasted without formatting when that command is grayed out in InDesign?
This month’s prize is 3 months access to videos of any 2 days of CreativePro Week 2017.
The winner will be chosen at random from all the correct answers I receive before November 27, 2017
Enter now by emailing your solution to mike at indesignsecrets.com
Note: Comments are closed on this post so no one gives away the answer. Good luck!
This article was last modified on July 20, 2021
This article was first published on November 20, 2017
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