Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 296)

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Buzzword is a web-based text editor that lets users create and store text files on a web server. In InDesign CS5, you can import and export text
from Buzzword documents.
When you import a Buzzword document, a URL-based link is created to the Buzzword document on the server. When the Buzzword document is
updated outside InDesign, you can use the Links panel to update the imported version in InDesign. However, doing so removes any changes to
the Buzzword text you’ve made in InDesign.
The Acrobat.com Buzzword application is available only in English, French, and German.
1. Choose File > Place From Buzzword.
2. If you haven’t already signed in to CS Live, click Sign In, specify your e-mail address and password, and then click Sign In.
Once you sign in, the Place Buzzword Documents dialog box displays a list of the Buzzword documents you can import.
3. Select one or more documents you want to import, or paste the URL of the Buzzword document into the Paste URL field.
4. Select any of the following options, and then click OK.
If you select this option, the Buzzword Import Options dialog box appears before you place the file.
Select this option to replace the object currently selected in the document.
Select this option to create a link between the Buzzword document and the placed text. If you establish a link and
update the Buzzword document, the Links panel indicates that the file has been modified. If you update the link, the text in InDesign is
updated. However, formatting changes you’ve made to this text in InDesign are lost.
5. If you selected Show Import Options, specify settings in the Buzzword Import Options dialog box.
This dialog box includes most of the same options found in the RTF Import Options dialog box. See Microsoft Word and RTF import options .
Buzzword currently does not have a styles feature, so none of the style options are valid at this time.
6. With the loaded text cursor, click or drag to create a text frame.
Link or embed imported text files
By default, text you place in InDesign is not linked to the original text file. However, if you select the Create Links When Placing Text And
Spreadsheet Files option in File Handling preferences before you place a file, the name of the text file appears in the Links panel. You can use the
Links panel to update and manage the file. When you update a linked text file, any editing or formatting changes applied within InDesign are lost.
Because of this risk, linked text files are not automatically updated when the original file is edited. However, you can easily use the Links panel to
update content or to unlink (embed) the file.
1. Do one of the following:
To apply this change to a document, open the document.
To apply this change to any new document you create, close all documents.
2. Choose Edit > Preferences > File Handling (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > File Handling (Mac OS).
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