That was one of the first things I checked. No Drop Caps and Nested Styles, no GREP Style. I’m baffled, to say the least.

Thanks Petar, this is one of the methods I use already to import the Word files; for some reason, with this version of the import preferences, the inline graphics are still present and lock the pages they appear in. I have to erase the inline markers in Story Editor or import a modified copy of the Word file (stripping the graphics pre-import, which is faster). I hope to find the source of the problem and fix it, probably inside Word, instead of going round it.

Anne-Marie,

This magazine is about genealogy. The majority of the authors, not all of them, are older people with limited knowledge of their computer (I know because I’ve tried to get some basic technical info from them before); who knows how they work, correct and save their files.

The images are usually .png and .jpeg, with the odd PDF thrown in. Most of them don’t send separate images, I have to retrieve them from the Word files. My impression is that most of them use a PC with an older OS.

I don’t actively use Mac Word, it’s only a stepping stone to importing text in InDesign, I admit I’m quite ignorant on how to get info from it. In this particular problematic article, images are grouped with their legend and are slightly hiding the following text, but I don´t know if I would recognize a wonky setting…

The file they sent me for testing has an interesting problem: in the Preview window, the text stops at the first inserted image, but all the text is visible in Story Editor where that first insertion icon is labeled Overset. I don’t know how to correct that in Story Editor, applying a new correct paragraph style has no effect, but erasing all the insetion points brings back the text. That’s a partial solution.

I’ll contact the editor-in-chief and ask her to provide some details about what and how they receive their manuscripts.

Thanks for your reply; I’ll continue testing so I can answer your questions better.

I’ve been producing this magazine for over 6 years and this problem started recently, hence the ”It’s strange to me””.

I’ll try reducing the size of the images in Word and I will take a look at FileJuicer.

Thanks!

Ha! The window did show up once I clicked its filename at the bottom of the Window menu.

Thanks for the hint!

Yes, that’s what I am doing; but is there a way to make this Recent Glyphs list the default when opening the window instead of showing the Entire Font?