Using a style mapping import preset
This ensures imported Word documents will be correctly imported, including Paragraph and Character Styles mapped to InDesign styles
The style mapping preset becomes active when using Show Import Options on placing a Word document into your InDesign document:
- Open or create an InDesign document that already has the styles present to map to. If using the Fresh Page system the Introduce Core Styles to document tool can do this for you.
- In the InDesign document choose InDesign File menu > Place.
- Locate and select the Word document (.docx)
- Select Show Import Options and click Open.
- Select appropriate Preset from the dropdown menu at the top of the dialog.
- Click OK and place in the InDesign document.
Tip: Hold down the Shift key when selecting a Word document to avoid making Show Import Options the default setting and presenting its dialog box every time you Place a new document from this point.
The Fresh Page import settings
The settings consist of the following options:
Table of Contents text to OFF as this process will be handled later in the workflow.
Footnotes and Endnotes to ON as the notes will be maintained and the reformatting is relatively straightforward.
Index to OFF as this will generally be handled by InDesign.
Import as Static Text to OFF as solely relates to Endnotes and solutions created before InDesign added its own Endnotes feature.
Use Typographer’s Quotes to ON (to convert straight inch " and feet ' symbols to true quotation marks “” ‘’)
Preserve Styles and Formatting from Text and Tables to ON.
Manual Page Breaks to No Breaks to allow InDesign to specify.
Import Inline Graphics to OFF for any images in the Word document to be imported conventionally into InDesign.
Track Changes to OFF. Whilst InDesign does support the feature to a degree with the Story Editor, it is recommended to import ideally a final, edited version of the Word document.
Import Unused Styles to OFF.
Customize Style Imports. This enables the mapping of Paragraph and Character Styles in the Word document to their equivalent in the InDesign document. If using the Fresh Page system this mapping will automatically be set up for you..
Find out more about using a Design System and Cores Styles here (coming soon…)
