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When you import text using the Place
command, you can select Show Import
Options in the Place dialog box to control
how formaing is handled. InDesign
provides many options for preserving and
removing formaing.
Importing text and graphics
InDesign supports import of all common formats for both text
and graphics, including , Microso Word, Microso Excel, , ,
, , Buzzword les from Acrobat.com, and even native Photoshop
and Illustrator les (see “Using native le formats” on page 26). You
can also import InDesign () les into InDesign layouts. If you are
creating a “rich media”  le with InDesign, you can import QuickTime,
, , and  movie les, or , , and AU sound clips. ese
le formats can be played when you export a document to Adobe .
ere are three basic methods for
importing text and graphics into
your InDesign document: Copy and
Paste; choose File > Place; or drag
and drop les from Adobe Bridge,
the Mini Bridge panel (Window >
Mini Bridge), the Mac OS Finder,
or Windows Explorer into an open
InDesign document.
Importing text
Copying and pasting plain text
into InDesign is a useful and quick
import method, but formatting and
special characters are oen lost in
the translation. Instead, importing a
Microso Word or Rich Text Format
() le using File > Place is oen a
better choice.
InDesign oers robust support for
both Word and  les. When you
import a Word document or an 
document, you have the option to
rename styles (in case of a nam-
ing conict), overwrite an existing
InDesign style with the Word or 
style, or map a Word or  style to
an existing InDesign style.
To access these style-mapping
options, as well as several other
options, choose File > Place, select
a Word or  le, and then select
Show Import Options in the Place
dialog box. When you click Open,
the Microso Word Import Options
dialog box is displayed.
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