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Text-file import options

If you select Show Import Options when placing a text file, you can choose from these options:

Character Set

Specifies the computer language character set, such as ANSI, Unicode, or Windows CE, that was used

to create the text file. The default selection is the character set that corresponds to the default language of InDesign
or InCopy.

Platform

Specifies whether the file was created in Windows or Mac OS.

Set Dictionary To

Specifies the dictionary to be used by the imported text.

Extra Carriage Returns

Specifies how extra paragraph returns are imported. Choose Remove At End Of Every Line

or Remove Between Paragraphs.

Replace

Replaces the specified number of spaces with a tab.

Use Typographer’s Quotes

Ensures that imported text includes left and right quotation marks (“ ”) and

apostrophes (’) instead of straight quotation marks (" ") and apostrophes (').

Microsoft Excel import options

You can choose from these options when importing an Excel file:

Sheet

Specifies the worksheet you want to import.

View

Specifies whether to import any stored custom or personal views, or to ignore the views.

Cell Range

Specifies the range of cells, using a colon (:) to designate the range (such as A1:G15). If there are named

ranges within the worksheet, these names appear in the Cell Range menu.

Import Hidden Cells Not Saved in View

Includes any cells formatted as hidden cells in the Excel spreadsheet.

Table

Specifies how the spreadsheet information appears in the document.

Formatted Table

InDesign tries to preserve the same formatting used in Excel, although the formatting of text

within each cell may not be preserved. If the spreadsheet is linked rather than embedded, updating the link will
override any formatting applied to the table in InDesign.

Unformatted Table

The table is imported without any formatting from the spreadsheet, and InDesign formatting

is used even if you update a linked table. When this option is selected, you can apply a table style to the imported
table.

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. Whenever

you update the link to the table, any formatting changes made to the spreadsheet are ignored in the linked table. 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 Unfor-

matted 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 (').