OMG THANK YOU! THAT SHIFT CLICK JUST SAVED MY LIFE! LMAO. I knew there had to be a way to add multiple pages without having to add a page for each damn continued piece of content.
I have been reading and rereading. Searching and watching for the last week on the easiest way to get my Word Doc uploaded to Indesign. And then I found you. Thank you so much. You are a dream!!!
What a time saver! Finally some one with a mac to explain the proper keystroke. I listened to a university professor and could not get it. You put it very succinctly. Thank you for protecting me against loaded cursor addiction.
I'm writing this comment right after I tried the second method and I must say that it works perfectly! I tried it in my Indesign CS6 version. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for the clarity and professionalism in your VOICE. So many online tutorial-providers often forget there is a listener and start having conversations with themselves UNDER THEIR BREATH. You are precise, concise AND you know your topic COLD. So so refreshing and welcoming when you are on the fly and need to know or in my case . . . I'm 70 . . . need to REMEMBER how to do something I did maybe three or eight years ago. I go back to Pagemaker. Indeed . . . it's that damned shift key. Thank you so so much. Charlie Grubb
Wonderful, I had to watch 5+ videos before I found yours - I could not work out how to import a large word doc and you explained it beautifully. Thank you
I take my hat off to you. Thank you so much for this video. You just saved me so much time. I was literally just manually selecting add page and drag. Much love.
Thank you. I've been tasked with reformatting a 50 page e-book that's created in word and I would much rather do it in indesign. This was very helpful.
Super helpful. Question → Is it possible to easily import text from a Word doc into an existing .indd file that already has images and other elements? Thanks!
Wonderful, who would think that shift double click could save hours of laborious guesswork about placing word files!! Thank you very much. One other challenge about Word files are images that are inserted into the body text and what happens to them on placing in Indesign. I have a 95 page word doc that I need to get into ID this morning...we shall see. Also on hyperlinks and footnotes..so many headaches.
Wow! Thank you for that fast yet precise tutorial. I've been looking for an easy way to import my 100 pages word document and this just answers my question.
I have been using InDesign for years and literally did not know I could make it automatically place the exact number of pages. My editors make a lot of text changes and its so much back and forth and I am CONSTANTLY going back and forth linking and relinking and reformatting documents. This is going to shave weeks off my work hours in a year.
HI. Really great video. When I try to import, having set up the file, it seems as if only one page is being pulled across instread of the 115 I want to import. I hold the shift bar on my MacBook but the double click doesn't seem to be working for me?
when i import large amount text over into Indesign, it also imports the footnotes. And i'm just not able to get rid of the annoying footnotes, since its placed automatically during import all into a textframe, i'm not able to remove them. I can edit them, but not remove. Help!
I followed your exact instructions and it worked but at some point in my document, the pages just go blank. But when I delete some of the previous text, it shows that those pages are actually still there, they're just not showing. What do I do?
Hi Lisa, I'm GD Harun from Bangladesh. I like your tutorials so much, thank you for your very brilliant & informative tutorial, very glad to you. Please, can you make a tutorial for a 16-page plate setup to plate output for publishing a book in InDesign? Actually, I have a 500 pages book for output. If you have, please, I'm very glade to you if you send me the link.
Thank you. I'm just starting to learn this. Very cool. I get scanned documents at work and they look horrible. I like to clean them up so I use the recognize text option in Acrobat DC. A lot of times it copies the font but it's pixilated or skewed somehow I'm wondering if InDesign has a better feature or process to clean it up? Please let me know. Thank you.
Does the shift and double click method work for an InDesign document that uses columns? I am working with a thesis that will have each page split into thirds.
I am trying to import text from Word into InDesign this works great. The only problem I have is the Word doc has text in tables and the tables don't seem to match when imported. Any thoughts?
Many thanks for this! It has saved me a lot of time! It is however not working on all the word documents I want to transfer to indesign. Only 7 out of 253 pages are created form this particular word file leaving me with the text over set symbol at the end of the 7th page. Any idea on what could be wrong with the word document?
Hi Mig: Sorry to hear it stalled on you. I usually find this is because some weird or fancy formatting attempts were made to the Word document. I do not have a fix for it. I have tried copying and pasting the entire word document into a plain text editor but then you'll lose all your formatting. I hate to say it but you'll just have to copy and paste in chunks to get it all into InDesign. Or you can contact Adobe support - they might have a fix for you. Good luck! XO Lisa
I have a template that I did this to. The template already has the fill text in it. Is there a quick way to replace this text with the placed document?
Thanks for the explainer. The problem is that InDesign seems to be so buggy with it. It didn't work for a few times...then it did...then it didn't again.
Thank yoy very much. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU: HOW I CAN KEEP SUPERSCRIPT STYLE, ITALICS STYLE, BOLD STYLE FROM WORD TO INDESIGN. Thank yoy very much and sorry for my english
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OMG THANK YOU! THAT SHIFT CLICK JUST SAVED MY LIFE! LMAO. I knew there had to be a way to add multiple pages without having to add a page for each damn continued piece of content.
I have been reading and rereading. Searching and watching for the last week on the easiest way to get my Word Doc uploaded to Indesign. And then I found you. Thank you so much. You are a dream!!!
What a time saver! Finally some one with a mac to explain the proper keystroke. I listened to a university professor and could not get it. You put it very succinctly. Thank you for protecting me against loaded cursor addiction.
Lisa.... you're a STAR!! Thank you for sharing that... saved me so much time!! X
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! This is outstanding! Just converted a 110 page docx to iD in seconds. The tip at 4:26, the place + Shft is a lifesaver.
I second that! Great tip!!!
This saved me a lot of time thank you very much Lisa.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm writing this comment right after I tried the second method and I must say that it works perfectly! I tried it in my Indesign CS6 version. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for the clarity and professionalism in your VOICE. So many online tutorial-providers often forget there is a listener and start having conversations with themselves UNDER THEIR BREATH. You are precise, concise AND you know your topic COLD. So so refreshing and welcoming when you are on the fly and need to know or in my case . . . I'm 70 . . . need to REMEMBER how to do something I did maybe three or eight years ago. I go back to Pagemaker. Indeed . . . it's that damned shift key. Thank you so so much. Charlie Grubb
Your welcome, Charlie. Glad it helps
Wonderful, I had to watch 5+ videos before I found yours - I could not work out how to import a large word doc and you explained it beautifully. Thank you
Hi Marjolyn: Awesome - so glad to hear that! XOXO Lisa
This is just what I needed! All my searching found only how to place one page documents. Thanks, Lisa!
Your tutorial video on importing the Word Doc to Indesign has been very useful to us. Thank you so much.😃
you have no idea how helpful this video is. thank you so much, i have to submit work tomorrow and i was very stressed, specially with tables.
I take my hat off to you. Thank you so much for this video. You just saved me so much time. I was literally just manually selecting add page and drag. Much love.
Hi Carlos: Wow, manually adding pages sounds painful - so glad you found this video! XO Lisa
Oh THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I do this proffesionally and have always spent so much time with the formating and mistakes...
Hooray, Andrea: so glad it was helpful. XO Lisa
Thank you so much! This has to be in the Top 3 of the most useful videos I’ve ever come across.
Hooray Derrion: So glad you found it useful! XO Lisa
You're the best. Helped me a lot. Thank you.
Very helpful! InDesign beginner here, trying to work with a massive Word doc is input. I subscribed. Thanks!
That's awesome. I know I will need this soon so it is good to know. Thanks. And thank you for being brief.
Thank you! I have been looking for a solution to this forever.
Hi - So glad this video helped you!
Thank you. I've been tasked with reformatting a 50 page e-book that's created in word and I would much rather do it in indesign. This was very helpful.
Hi Miguel: Wonderful - Glad it was helpful! XO Lisa
I love this lady. You just saved a life. Thank you sooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol. So.....like just hold down when you place. AWESOME! this really saved my bacon! AND A LOT OF TIME!
Super helpful, you're the best.
Glad to hear it!
Very well explained Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much! All I needed to do was press shift, you've saved me a ton of time.
Thank you soooo much ❤ for help me to my exam 🥺🙏
Very helpful. Thanks a lot
Hi DataClashers: Glad it was helpful! XO Lisa
Super helpful.
Question → Is it possible to easily import text from a Word doc into an existing .indd file that already has images and other elements? Thanks!
Life saving lol thank you!!
Exactly what I was looking for. ALL OF THIS!!!
you just made my life a little easier. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So happy to hear that DrewZilla! XO Lisa
What if the Word has images on it, would it be still be there in the indesign?
Wonderful, who would think that shift double click could save hours of laborious guesswork about placing word files!! Thank you very much. One other challenge about Word files are images that are inserted into the body text and what happens to them on placing in Indesign. I have a 95 page word doc that I need to get into ID this morning...we shall see. Also on hyperlinks and footnotes..so many headaches.
Thankyou!!! You legit just saved me hours of work on a short deadline!!!
wow very nice i like it and realy explained.
So helpful. Thank you.
Thank you! This was super helpful - saved me tons of time
Thanks!
Thank you very much! You just saved me a lot of work
You're fabulous! Thank you for this excellent tutorial.
Quick and simple, thank you for the help!
So helpful and straight to the point! Thank you!
Hi M M: Thanks so much - glad you liked it! Thanks, Lisa
Thank you, so much
Hi Dior: Always welcome! XO Lisa
Wow! Thank you for that fast yet precise tutorial. I've been looking for an easy way to import my 100 pages word document and this just answers my question.
You are so beautiful and the way you explain is awesome. Love from Pakistan
Hi Arsh: Aww - thanks. You're so nice - I appreciate your friendly comment. XO Lisa
AMAZINGLY HELPFUL! Thank you Lisa!
Thank You very much!
Thank you very much!
Hello, love the video! If my file has footnotes, will Indesign recognize them?
Did your import bring all the formatting across with the styles?
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU
Madam,
very very thanks..................................
Thanks a lot.......
I have been using InDesign for years and literally did not know I could make it automatically place the exact number of pages. My editors make a lot of text changes and its so much back and forth and I am CONSTANTLY going back and forth linking and relinking and reformatting documents. This is going to shave weeks off my work hours in a year.
Hi Julia: So glad it was helpful! XO Lisa
Thank you verymuch
Think you very much, let me kill this 200 page book now
Yes - you can do it! XO Lisa
Thank youuu I forgot about the shift thing & I couldn't find it anywhere on google
thank you!
YOU JUST SAVED MY LIFE! THANK YOU!!!!!!
thank you so much, it is so helpful for me.
Thank You very much. I have been looking for this.
I AM A FAN ALREADY! Thanks!
Hi Ray: Awesome! Thank you! XO Lisa
Thanks, great video!
Hi Rukundo: Glad you liked it! XO Lisa
HI. Really great video. When I try to import, having set up the file, it seems as if only one page is being pulled across instread of the 115 I want to import. I hold the shift bar on my MacBook but the double click doesn't seem to be working for me?
when i import large amount text over into Indesign, it also imports the footnotes. And i'm just not able to get rid of the annoying footnotes, since its placed automatically during import all into a textframe, i'm not able to remove them. I can edit them, but not remove. Help!
I followed your exact instructions and it worked but at some point in my document, the pages just go blank. But when I delete some of the previous text, it shows that those pages are actually still there, they're just not showing. What do I do?
Hi Kyle: Sorry to hear that happened - this is definitely something to explore with Adobe support directly. Good luck. XO Lisa
Hi Lisa, I'm GD Harun from Bangladesh. I like your tutorials so much, thank you for your very brilliant & informative tutorial, very glad to you. Please, can you make a tutorial for a 16-page plate setup to plate output for publishing a book in InDesign? Actually, I have a 500 pages book for output. If you have, please, I'm very glade to you if you send me the link.
this video CHANGED MY LIFE! thank you :)
thank you so much
Thank you. I'm just starting to learn this. Very cool. I get scanned documents at work and they look horrible. I like to clean them up so I use the recognize text option in Acrobat DC. A lot of times it copies the font but it's pixilated or skewed somehow I'm wondering if InDesign has a better feature or process to clean it up? Please let me know. Thank you.
What is the butter import the text from Word or type it directly in indesign 🤔🙄 Thanks ✨
Does the shift and double click method work for an InDesign document that uses columns? I am working with a thesis that will have each page split into thirds.
Hi Liam: I have no idea but I don’t see why it wouldn’t. XOXO Lisa
Thank you.
Thank you very much, it was very useful
I am trying to import text from Word into InDesign this works great. The only problem I have is the Word doc has text in tables and the tables don't seem to match when imported. Any thoughts?
Hi Kimberly: You cannot import tables from Word to InDesign. Sorry - it's just not possible in an easy way. XO Lisa
Thank you
Perfect Video! What camera are you using its super HD ?
Love your tutorials...and getting to the point! :)
Very helpful indeed. God bless you
Glad it was helpful!
Many thanks for this! It has saved me a lot of time! It is however not working on all the word documents I want to transfer to indesign. Only 7 out of 253 pages are created form this particular word file leaving me with the text over set symbol at the end of the 7th page. Any idea on what could be wrong with the word document?
Hi Mig: Sorry to hear it stalled on you. I usually find this is because some weird or fancy formatting attempts were made to the Word document. I do not have a fix for it. I have tried copying and pasting the entire word document into a plain text editor but then you'll lose all your formatting. I hate to say it but you'll just have to copy and paste in chunks to get it all into InDesign. Or you can contact Adobe support - they might have a fix for you. Good luck! XO Lisa
thank u so much
You have saved my job o.o Thank you so much
Glad I could help!
You looks so beautiful and gorgeous because of your beauty your videos looks very impressive.
soo helpfullll..thank u
Hi Christina: So glad you found it helpful! XO Lisa
I have a template that I did this to. The template already has the fill text in it. Is there a quick way to replace this text with the placed document?
Thanks very kind and clear!
Hi Jahnn: Glad you liked it! XO Lisa
Pretty Fabulous thanks
This was very helpful. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks for the explainer. The problem is that InDesign seems to be so buggy with it. It didn't work for a few times...then it did...then it didn't again.
Super helpful, thank you! :)
thanks thanks thanks thanks!
thank you God bless you
You are so welcome!
Thank yoy very much.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU: HOW I CAN KEEP SUPERSCRIPT STYLE, ITALICS STYLE, BOLD STYLE FROM WORD TO INDESIGN.
Thank yoy very much and sorry for my english
Thanks very much ! You have saved me
Very easy!! Thank you
OMAIGADD THANKYOU THIS SAVE ME ALOTTTT!!!
thank youu!!!
🙃🙂-thanks. I call these kind of tips game changers (lol- because they really are)
Wow! neat short cut. Thanks for sharing.
Super! XOXO Lisa