Smarter Workflows with InDesign and Word

Course details

Importing a Word file into InDesign and then formatting it is a common yet often frustrating task for many designers. In this course, Anne-Marie Concepcion shows you how to avoid that frustration and use Word’s formatting to your advantage, streamlining the workflow. This fast-paced, comprehensive course covers best practices, tips, and workarounds for dealing with damaged or corrupt Word files, “crazy” text formatting, faux fonts, embedded images, Word “art,” and unwanted hyperlinks. Anne-Marie thoroughly covers the basics of importing text with and without styles, mapping styles, and common clean-up tasks. One full chapter highlights several must-have InDesign scripts designed to solve issues with Word files, and another chapter presents her favorite “Word-adjacent” workflows you may want to add, such as the WordsFlow and DocsFlow plugins and using Adobe InCopy. Anne-Marie finishes up with resources to help you keep up to date on changes to Word and InDesign workflows.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Work smarter with InDesign and Word
02 - What you should know

1. Text Formatting Essentials

03 - Find the happy medium
04 - Compare Word styles to InDesign styles
05 - Platform differences - Word on Mac vs. Word on Windows
06 - Watch out for faux fonts and cloud fonts in Word

2. Looking for a Quick Fix Try These First

07 - Save your .docx file as the older format .doc
08 - Double-check paragraph and character defaults in InDesign
09 - Round-trip the Word file to RTF in Word or InDesign
10 - Remove internal corruption in Word

3. Import Text with and without Styles

11 - Flow and thread text - The essentials
12 - Autoflow text
13 - Copy and paste from Word
14 - Word import options - Remove styles but keep overrides
15 - Word import options - Keep styles, overrides, and more
16 - Replace Word styles with InDesign styles
17 - Replace Word tags with InDesign styles
18 - Map Word styles to InDesign styles
19 - Create a Word template with InDesign styles

4. Import Artwork along with the Text

20 - Import and manage images embedded in Word
21 - Convert WordArt to usable images

5. Common Clean-Ups

22 - Convert local overrides to styles in Word
23 - Converting local overrides to styles in InDesign
24 - Remove extra returns, tabs, and spaces
25 - Manage automatic bulleted and numbered lists
26 - Control Word hyperlinks and their formatting

6. Get These Scripts

27 - PrepText script
28 - FindChangeByList script
29 - Multi-Find Change script
30 - Unanchor scripts

7. Word Adjacent Workflows

31 - WordsFlow plugin
32 - DocsFlow plugin
33 - Accurate article formatting
34 - Collaborate with an InDesign and InCopy workflow

Conclusion

35 - Resources for Word and InDesign help