Hello Nicky, I have finished writing my non fiction book and spent a lot of time on the reference list with citations. I am stuck with formatting and thinking about the option of indesign. Will I be able to transfer the list that functions within the text from word to indesign?
Okay, I thought that was the question that it was the same person writing and publishing. Would you recommend before placing to change the word document to a text document? I have seen a couple mention that.
I suppose it depends on your system - I run a quad with 8 GB of memory and typically have between 2 and 3 300 page indesign documents open at once.. along with Photoshop, my browser and MS Word and never encounter a slow down... the only time I delay is when scrolling through the pages and they are redrawing in the Pages panel... even that isn't too bad. IMO - easier to just keep it all together than playing with another things later to put it back together.
Hi Joyce. I cover this very topic with an indepth course at tutsplus.com. I show you exactly how to do everything you mentioned. Word is best for the manuscript and you want to bring that format into InDesign.
Thanks for the video - it's very helpful. If I wish to add illustrations (that do not have any fixed space on the space), should I should InDesign or Word?
This is true. However, if you are dealing with hundreds of pages and lots of illustrations, InDesign runs faster if you keep things organized in separate documents and link them together. Of course, this is just my workflow preference, you are definitely free to keep everything in one document.
Design Like a Pro First, thank you so much for this! Secondly, if I do it as you’ve suggested in separate files, how then would I link them all together at the end? Thank you!
Great tutorial, but I have a problem: I pasted the entire Word document into InDesign but the footnotes are all messed up. Is there a quick way to fix this or I just have to delete them and write them again one by one?
please help me, I like publish a book It is content maps and diagrams but I don't know how I defined here standards (the book size The paregraph style...) I am professional in Word and you give good ideas at InDesign But I don't know the true standard. thanks 💐🌸🌷🌼🌺🌹🌾
Tab settings are under Type>Tabs. You'll be able to move the tabs to your desired placement. The indent settings are under your paragraph settings>First Line Indent (second option down). That will get you started adjusting those settings that import automatically from your Word doc. Just make sure you have the text selected that you want to adjust.
Is the filler text appearing at the end of your first-page text after import or on additional pages where your text boxes are linked after the first-page text is inserted?
@@designlikeapro Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my comment! The filler text appears after the first page of the text I imported. I also tried to set up a book without filler text an still only the first page appears.
And you have linked text boxes on every page so that the text will flow from your Word doc into the pages in InDesign? Linked text boxes is when you place a box, click the plus sign and continue to place text boxes on all the other pages. Alternately, you can just place on text box, import your Word doc and then click the plus sign to add a text box to each page after import. It sounds like you either only have one page of content, or it's not bringing in all of your pages from Word into InDesign.
This is rare in the book publishing world because you have the author writing the copy in Word and then a different person brings that into the final book layout. If you were responsible for everything, then you can do everything in InDesign. I find it more challenging for longer writing though. Word is a better platform for that.
As soon as I saw this, I went to my book and tried to change the format to 6x9 as you suggest. But I didn't see that as an option. There were many choices but that wasn't one of them. Also, am wrestling with the fact that I have 165 photos and illustrations. Do I put them in my Word document before trying to place it into InDesign?
You can't enter a custom size? Also, I wouldn't place photos in Word as they wont' carry over into InDesign. Word is more for text and then you style everything in InDesign.
So far the menu for size of paper doesn't include 6x9. I was going to call Microsoft to ask about that. I hired someone to do my layout and they couldn't get my photos to go in the right place so I'm now on own trying to do it and it's so complicated! So appreciate you responding to me! We already picked a template but I don't know why the pictures wouldn't cooperate. I have 165 of them.
Placing photos in Word and carrying them over to InDesign isn't ideal. Word is best left for text only. 6x9 isn't a normal size for Word either. This is a custom size that you will need to set in the document under Page Layout -> Size -> More Paper Sizes. However, most authors type their manuscript in Word at a regular letter size and the designers format everything in InDesign later. You don't have to have everything perfect in Word for the final book since InDesign will take care of that.
I'm working on a book. My editor is still fixing the text. If the word document is changed there a way that it can automatically updates the indesign file?
You can place Word files and link to them so that when the Word file changes, you can update it in InDesign. (The key is the “Create Links When Placing Text and Spreadsheet” checkbox in the File Handling pane of the Preferences dialog box. There is limited control with this method though and you may lose formatting. You might want to check out the WordsFlow plugin as it offers a lot more options for syncing between Word & InDesign.
Hi. New user here. It doesnt import all of my 446 pages. Only the preview page. It also doesnt help that you didnt tell us how to add and setup that text box. After my text imported in the wring position and cropped out half of my text i finallu figured gow to add that box...but strangely the page size and margins do not match. Both are set exactly the same (5x8 .5 margin sides, .76 margin top n bottom) yet my imported PDF (doesn't let me import doc or docx) is way larger... Any advice?
Okay so i finally figured out how to import docs (cant have them open in word while imprting to ID) bit i did notice that it kept my margins in the doc but within my margins of ID... Like margin within margin. This learning curve is a wild one lol
I see you covered that later in this video (was following along from start.) But its still importing ONLY the first page and changing my font in word doesnt help because ID cant find the selected fonts.
If you are placing the manuscript into a text frame and see a red + symbol, that means you can click that and continue to place more text frames until you have run out of text from your Word doc. It will usually load the entire Word doc into one text frame only.
Design Like a Pro I have a question , I know how to flow the text from one text frame to another but you seemed to do it in one click.... all your pages were filled with text. Im working with 600 pages i cant imagjne clicking through them one by one just to get the raw text in place. Thank you for the help.
I have written my thesis in word, around 180+ pages, with lots of figures and tables in there. What would be the best way to import into indesign. And is it worth it to go with the trouble of importing into indesign when all the layout of text looks fine in word?
I find it funny that even after you adjusted the MS Word file to 6x9 - it STILL didn't match your file in Indesign... lots of misleading info here. You should have mentioned right off the bat to be sure the Indesign Clipboard Handling parameters are setup to keep all formatting... that is a major setting that will confuse many users if not setup correctly!
Hi! Do you mean tutsplus.com? I have some full 2 hour courses available there that go deeper into graphic design and InDesign techniques. My main website is designprocademy.com. Thanks for watching!
please help me, I like publish a book It is content maps and diagrams but I don't know how I defined here standards (the book size The paregraph style...) I am professional in Word and you give good ideas at InDesign But I don't know the true standard. thanks 💐🌸🌷🌼🌺🌹🌾
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Nikki REALLY helpful video!
Thanks Justin! The course is very comprehensive and also comes with all the source files!
Thank you Nicki, you are awesome! You explain the concepts in such a clear and easy way. I'm checking out your tutsplus course.
+Kevin Martin Thank you!
Awesome video Nikki. Ill definitely check out your book making course. It's exactly what I needed!
Happy Learning!
Hello Nicky, I have finished writing my non fiction book and spent a lot of time on the reference list with citations. I am stuck with formatting and thinking about the option of indesign. Will I be able to transfer the list that functions within the text from word to indesign?
Thank you for important class .
How did you get the text frames "ready to go"? I don't have text frames and have to make them for each page.
Thanks a lot! i'm new on this, but i like to learn, and your videos are great!
Okay, I thought that was the question that it was the same person writing and publishing.
Would you recommend before placing to change the word document to a text document? I have seen a couple mention that.
I suppose it depends on your system - I run a quad with 8 GB of memory and typically have between 2 and 3 300 page indesign documents open at once.. along with Photoshop, my browser and MS Word and never encounter a slow down... the only time I delay is when scrolling through the pages and they are redrawing in the Pages panel... even that isn't too bad. IMO - easier to just keep it all together than playing with another things later to put it back together.
Hi Joyce. I cover this very topic with an indepth course at tutsplus.com. I show you exactly how to do everything you mentioned. Word is best for the manuscript and you want to bring that format into InDesign.
Thanks for the video - it's very helpful. If I wish to add illustrations (that do not have any fixed space on the space), should I should InDesign or Word?
This is true. However, if you are dealing with hundreds of pages and lots of illustrations, InDesign runs faster if you keep things organized in separate documents and link them together. Of course, this is just my workflow preference, you are definitely free to keep everything in one document.
Design Like a Pro First, thank you so much for this! Secondly, if I do it as you’ve suggested in separate files, how then would I link them all together at the end?
Thank you!
does there exist any tutorial or something which shows how to use indents like in a normal book (as it is in this video)? :(
Could you please show how to import word file including images and multiple columns thnx
Great tutorial, but I have a problem: I pasted the entire Word document into InDesign but the footnotes are all messed up. Is there a quick way to fix this or I just have to delete them and write them again one by one?
how can i import unicode ( no english; exmp bangla unicode text) ms word text in indesign?
Great video. Thank you.
Thanks so much for watching! :)
Wonderful! Very helpful!
Thanks for this video. It's very helpful.
Thank you so much, i would like to ask if i may , is there any adivice or tutorial you can recommand for a MEMOIRE ( the graduation report )?
cheers
Loved this video thank you! :)
please help me, I like publish a book It is content maps and diagrams but I don't know how I defined here standards (the book size The paregraph style...) I am professional in Word and you give good ideas at InDesign But I don't know the true standard. thanks 💐🌸🌷🌼🌺🌹🌾
This was really helpful, I have been copying and pasting my text from MS Word into Indesign #Indesignnovice
When formatting the document into InDesign, how do you eliminate the large tab setting and make each indent smaller?
Tab settings are under Type>Tabs. You'll be able to move the tabs to your desired placement. The indent settings are under your paragraph settings>First Line Indent (second option down). That will get you started adjusting those settings that import automatically from your Word doc. Just make sure you have the text selected that you want to adjust.
Design Like a Pro Thank you so much!
This did not work at all.
When I place the document all I get is the first page. the rest stays “lorum ipso”...
Is the filler text appearing at the end of your first-page text after import or on additional pages where your text boxes are linked after the first-page text is inserted?
@@designlikeapro Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my comment!
The filler text appears after the first page of the text I imported.
I also tried to set up a book without filler text an still only the first page appears.
And you have linked text boxes on every page so that the text will flow from your Word doc into the pages in InDesign? Linked text boxes is when you place a box, click the plus sign and continue to place text boxes on all the other pages. Alternately, you can just place on text box, import your Word doc and then click the plus sign to add a text box to each page after import. It sounds like you either only have one page of content, or it's not bringing in all of your pages from Word into InDesign.
Is Indesigne bater than Word I will publish book has maps and diagrams .Thans
Yes, it's much better for publications or multi-page documents that require design elements beyond word processing.
Would it not be better to work in InDesign from the start rather than starting in word then bringing into InDesign?
This is rare in the book publishing world because you have the author writing the copy in Word and then a different person brings that into the final book layout. If you were responsible for everything, then you can do everything in InDesign. I find it more challenging for longer writing though. Word is a better platform for that.
As soon as I saw this, I went to my book and tried to change the format to 6x9 as you suggest. But I didn't see that as an option. There were many choices but that wasn't one of them. Also, am wrestling with the fact that I have 165 photos and illustrations. Do I put them in my Word document before trying to place it into InDesign?
You can't enter a custom size? Also, I wouldn't place photos in Word as they wont' carry over into InDesign. Word is more for text and then you style everything in InDesign.
So far the menu for size of paper doesn't include 6x9. I was going to call Microsoft to ask about that. I hired someone to do my layout and they couldn't get my photos to go in the right place so I'm now on own trying to do it and it's so complicated! So appreciate you responding to me! We already picked a template but I don't know why the pictures wouldn't cooperate. I have 165 of them.
Placing photos in Word and carrying them over to InDesign isn't ideal. Word is best left for text only. 6x9 isn't a normal size for Word either. This is a custom size that you will need to set in the document under Page Layout -> Size -> More Paper Sizes. However, most authors type their manuscript in Word at a regular letter size and the designers format everything in InDesign later. You don't have to have everything perfect in Word for the final book since InDesign will take care of that.
I'm working on a book. My editor is still fixing the text. If the word document is changed there a way that it can automatically updates the indesign file?
You can place Word files and link to them so that when the Word file changes, you can update it in InDesign. (The key is the “Create Links When Placing Text and Spreadsheet” checkbox in the File Handling pane of the Preferences dialog box. There is limited control with this method though and you may lose formatting. You might want to check out the WordsFlow plugin as it offers a lot more options for syncing between Word & InDesign.
Design Like a Pro do you have a short video on how to do that? I'm using Google documents for other projects too, would the same thing work with them?
How much do you change to format a book?
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Hi. New user here. It doesnt import all of my 446 pages. Only the preview page. It also doesnt help that you didnt tell us how to add and setup that text box. After my text imported in the wring position and cropped out half of my text i finallu figured gow to add that box...but strangely the page size and margins do not match. Both are set exactly the same (5x8 .5 margin sides, .76 margin top n bottom) yet my imported PDF (doesn't let me import doc or docx) is way larger... Any advice?
Okay so i finally figured out how to import docs (cant have them open in word while imprting to ID) bit i did notice that it kept my margins in the doc but within my margins of ID... Like margin within margin.
This learning curve is a wild one lol
I see you covered that later in this video (was following along from start.)
But its still importing ONLY the first page and changing my font in word doesnt help because ID cant find the selected fonts.
When placing a word document into Indesign, it is only importing it to one page and not all of them... what am I doing wrong?
If you are placing the manuscript into a text frame and see a red + symbol, that means you can click that and continue to place more text frames until you have run out of text from your Word doc. It will usually load the entire Word doc into one text frame only.
Design Like a Pro I have a question , I know how to flow the text from one text frame to another but you seemed to do it in one click.... all your pages were filled with text. Im working with 600 pages i cant imagjne clicking through them one by one just to get the raw text in place. Thank you for the help.
in Long documents like theses and dissertations what is the best software InDesign or Ms Word? thanks.
Depends what your end goal is, if you wish to self publish, indesign is a better tool.
@@manjuchandra2000 Thanks ✋🖐️
Can you make a pdf from word and then import it to indesign?
You can import a PDF into InDesign, but you usually can't edit them. They import like images.
I have written my thesis in word, around 180+ pages, with lots of figures and tables in there. What would be the best way to import into indesign. And is it worth it to go with the trouble of importing into indesign when all the layout of text looks fine in word?
You bet! :-)
its really not a major deal to have all the pages in one document... just back it up. Besides - Indesign has a really good auto-recovery from crash...
Indesign will not allow me to Place my Word Document. It is like Indesign does not recognize it. What am I doing wrong?
I find it funny that even after you adjusted the MS Word file to 6x9 - it STILL didn't match your file in Indesign... lots of misleading info here. You should have mentioned right off the bat to be sure the Indesign Clipboard Handling parameters are setup to keep all formatting... that is a major setting that will confuse many users if not setup correctly!
did anyone see where her website was....something like "Tooks.com????"
Hi! Do you mean tutsplus.com? I have some full 2 hour courses available there that go deeper into graphic design and InDesign techniques. My main website is designprocademy.com. Thanks for watching!
please help me, I like publish a book It is content maps and diagrams but I don't know how I defined here standards (the book size The paregraph style...) I am professional in Word and you give good ideas at InDesign But I don't know the true standard. thanks 💐🌸🌷🌼🌺🌹🌾