Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
Lesson 40 from: Adobe InDesign FundamentalsDaniel Walter Scott
Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
Lesson 40 from: Adobe InDesign FundamentalsDaniel Walter Scott
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40. Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
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Overview
1InDesign Tutorial Basics Class Introduction
01:50 2Exercise files & Projects
02:39 3What Does Adobe InDesign do?
01:34 4What are the differences between InDesign and PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark?
05:10PROJECT 1: One page flyer
5How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?
01:39 6New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?
08:08How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign
08:39 8How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?
03:14 9How to color the background of a page in InDesign?
03:33 10Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign
07:53 11How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign
05:46 12How to group, ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign
05:12 13How to make a dotted line, dashed line & borders in InDesign
05:20 14How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign
05:16 15How to make a simple PDF from InDesign
06:43 16How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG
02:27 17Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?
05:08 18How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document
04:26 19Class Exercise 1
03:24 20Quiz - One Page Flyer
PROJECT 2: Other people's files
21Ideas, Inspiration & starter templates
04:59 22Working with other people's InDesign documents, missing images
03:12 23How to find missing fonts in InDesign?
04:27 24How to replace images in InDesign?
01:30 25Opacity, transparency and see through ness in Adobe InDesign
02:29 26Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me 'save as'
01:06 27What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
02:37 28Quiz - Other people's files
PROJECT 3: Company Newsletter/Brochure
29Creating a new company newsletter or brochure, what are spreads in InDesign
06:58 30How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign
05:33 31How do to add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file
04:11 32Removing a master page & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign
02:30 33Production Video 1
02:53 34What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel
06:52 35How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign
04:20 36What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?
08:37 37How to add the Copyright, Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign
05:08 38Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures.
03:35 39How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
03:04 40Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
02:58 41Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign
01:46 42How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign?
03:59 43What is the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign?
05:22 44How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign?
01:53 45How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign?
06:06 46How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign?
04:28 47How to use Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop.
02:37 48Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
03:09 49InDesign Class Exercise 2 - Magazine Spread
04:22 50Quiz - Company Newsletter/Brochure
PROJECT 4: Long Business Document
51How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once
08:11 52How do I import paragraph styles from another document
12:45 53How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign
02:03 54How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign
07:20 55Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign
05:27 56Opacity advanced, mater marks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign
04:24 57How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?
02:52 58How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap
02:16 59How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Kerning
02:32 60How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap
03:57 61Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?
03:25 62How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign
06:40 63How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping
02:47 64What is Adobe Stock
04:17 65Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business
04:23 66How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?
00:51 67How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?
07:10 68How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel into Adobe InDesign
04:26 69How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign using anchored objects?
03:22 70How do I create a Line Break, Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign?
04:16 71How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?
04:46 72How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?
04:30 73Can I change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?
03:26 74Quiz - Long Business Document
PROJECT 5: Conference Name Badge
75How do I combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in InDesign?
09:04 76CLASS EXERCISE: Create your own business card
01:16 77Quiz - Conference Name Badge
What next
78How to create a mockup for your portfolio using InDesign
04:07 79InDesign cheat sheet & shortcuts
12:45 80BONUS: Software Updates
40:41 81What to do after this InDesign tutorial class?
01:07 82Quiz - What Next
Final Quiz
83Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
Hi there in this video we're going to look at bringing in text into in design and look at some special features when we're bringing in from something like Microsoft word where the top one here brings through all the formatting that was inward. It had italics and bolds and this version here where it comes in all scrubbed and cleaned. Both versions are useful. Let's look at how to do those. Okay, so first of all, we're going to delete our Lauren ipsum that we had there before because we've got the copy now and we're going to bring it in and the easiest way is probably just to open up the file and word and copy and paste it. There's nothing wrong with that, but you probably don't need me to show you how to copy and paste text. Okay. But the other way you can do it in in his own without having to open upwards so you don't have a word. Okay? You can go with your cursor flashing here, we can go to file and go to place like we did images and then here under 03 newsletter, there's one called a...
rticle one. I'm going to click open, you can see it's brought it all through into in design. One of the things that's done by default is that it's kept the formatting that was inward, but say you don't want that. You don't want the bowls and all the italics because there's a lot of rubbish in there, let's say I'm going to undo it. Okay. What you'll also notice is when I undo. Actually it's not completely gone. It's actually just ended up in my cursor which is kind of a weird quirk. Ok, so actually what I'm gonna do is instead of undoing. Okay, I'm going to select all the text and just delete it. Now. Get my cursor back in there. I'm gonna go to the W key. Okay, So you can see the box of Louisiana. Let's get back to here and let's go to file place. But we're going to look at a little extra bit. This is why it's quite nice to use file place rather than just copying and pasting from word is there's there's options down here, so I click on it without opening it. I click on options. Okay. And I'm going to go show import options and click open and it looks kind of complicated. But basically what I want to do is this one here says remove all the styles and text from word. Bring it in. You'll notice that it's just plain old text scrubbed of all the formatting. Cool. So one of the other ways of bringing in text. Okay. It's the same way with a slightly different technique. We're going to use foul play sports is if I have nothing selected. Okay. And I delete this. Okay. Nothing selected. Click on the background. Black arrow and go to file place. Okay, I'm gonna leave the same options are on. Okay. So I'm gonna make sure it says show import options, which is great, but when I hit article one and click open now because I don't have that text box already on the page and have my cursor in it. Something slightly different is going to happen. So I'm gonna make sure remove style is perfect, but you can see my cursor is loaded now. Okay? And what I can do is just click hold and drag out a box. So we end up at the same place, it depends on what comes natural to you. Do you like to draw the text box first and then have your cursor in and place it or just go to file place and make the text box at the exact same time. That's often what I do, but everyone's a little different for that one. Alright, so that's bringing in text from Microsoft Word or pretty much any old text document. Now, let's make some columns and things. See you in the next video
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Jerome Clark
I think Dan is very good at explaining and breaking down complex content. I like the way there are lots of small sessions which is good for keeping focus. I would advise anyone who does this course and is taking notes to label which session the notes are referring to as I have struggled to find a few looking back and this helped me. It really made me realise how much I didn't know and had been fudging. Thank you Dan I will be taking plenty more of your courses in the coming months it's been a great help.
Giuseppe Lipari
Excellent course, instructor is great well spoken, clear and a great teacher. I highly recommend this class for beginners and those who learned indesign on their own.
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