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import hyphenation excepts from file?

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    • December 11, 2015 at 7:38 am #80123
      redbook
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      I have along list of transliterated sanskrit words with hypenation points shown such as: Bh?-ga-va-ta-pu-r?-?a

      The file is currently a Docx file.

      How can I import that into indesign as a dictionary that I can invoke for proper word breaks? When I change it to .txt, I lose all the special accents.

      any ideas?

      thanks

    • December 11, 2015 at 7:41 am #80124
      redbook
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      and I see that just by posting the sanskrit word here, I lost the a-macrons, the dot under the n, now just questions marks. Hard to illustrate my point, but I hope someone understands.

    • December 11, 2015 at 3:33 pm #80130
      Dwayne Harris
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      So far as I know, you can only import a .txt file into the hyphenation exceptions.

      Since I don’t know what font InDesign uses for it’s dialogue boxes and menus, you may not be even to copy and paste the words in without losing the accents.

      The only thing I can see you doing is importing the file as you normally do and then doing search and replaces to insert the discretionary hyphens.

      Or, possibly, do a spell check and when each word pops up, add to the dictionary, and then go into library once they are added and add the break points?

      If this is a one-time document and not a project you will be doing all the time, then I’d forget about the spell check.

      Sorry I can’t offer any thing else. Maybe someone else will chime in with an answer.

      • December 11, 2015 at 7:26 pm #80132
        redbook
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        thank you, I am able to replace the hyphens in the word list with double tildes, and then paste into the dictionary. Slow but sure, all 200+ words. This is a one time project, but still an idea I thought worth pursuing, since it is casting off at 1354 pages. I just hate checking line endings :-).

        But I DO appreciate your response.

      • December 12, 2015 at 9:36 am #80133
        Dwayne Harris
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        ^^I hate checking line endings as well. But that’s part of the job when paging books. And the more bad breaks I catch and fix means less work for the proof room.

        And wow–1354 pages is a lot. Most books I do range from the 400s to 600s, though I have done a few 1,000+ ones.

        I’m glad you were able to copy and paste them. But like you said–slow but well worth it.

        Good luck with the job.

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