Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 140)

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• Unformatted Tabbed Text The table is imported as tab-delimited text, which you can then convert to a table in
InDesign or InCopy.
• Formatted Only Once InDesign preserves the same formatting used in Excel during the initial import. If the
spreadsheet is linked rather than embedded, formatting changes made to the spreadsheet are ignored in the linked
table when you update the link. This option isn’t available in InCopy.
Table Style Applies the table style you specify to the imported document. This option is available only if Unformatted
Table is selected.
Cell Alignment Specifies the cell alignment for the imported document.
Include Inline Graphics Preserves inline graphics from the Excel document in InDesign.
Number Of Decimal Places To Include Specifies the number of decimal places of spreadsheet figures.
Use Typographer’s Quotes Ensures that imported text includes left and right quotation marks (“ ”) and
apostrophes (’) instead of straight quotation marks (" ") and apostrophes (').
Tagged-text import options
You can import (or export) a text file capable of taking advantage of InDesign formatting capabilities by using the
tagged text format. Tagged-text files are text files containing information describing the formatting you want InDesign
to apply. Properly tagged text can describe almost anything that can appear in an InDesign story, including all
paragraph-level attributes, character-level attributes, and special characters.
For information on specifying tags, view the Tagged Text PDF at www.adobe.com/go/learn_id_taggedtext_cs4_en
(PDF).
The following options are available when you import a tagged-text file and select Show Import Options in the Place
dialog box.
Use Typographer’s Quotes Ensures that imported text includes left and right quotation marks (“ ”) and
apostrophes (’) instead of straight quotation marks (" ") and apostrophes (').
Remove Text Formatting Removes formatting, such as typeface, type color, and type style, from the imported text.
Resolve Text Style Conflicts Using Specifies which character or paragraph style to apply when there is a conflict
between the style in the tagged-text file and the style in the InDesign document. Select Publication Definition to use
the definition that already exists for that style in the InDesign document. Select Tagged File Definition to use the style
as defined in the tagged text. This option creates another style name, with “copy” appended to it in the Style panel.
Show List Of Problem Tags Before Place Displays a list of unrecognized tags. If a list appears, you can choose to cancel
or continue the import. If you continue, the file may not look as expected.
Save Word or RTF import options as presets
1 When placing a Word or RTF file, make sure that Show Import Options is selected, and choose Open.
2 In the Import Options dialog box, specify the desired settings.
3 Click Save Preset, type a preset name, and click OK.
4 (Optional) Click Set As Default to use the preset each time you import a file of that file type.
You can then select custom presets from the Preset menu in the Import Options dialog box whenever you open a Word
or RTF file.
Updated 18 June 2009