From the course: Managing Conversions Between Adobe CC and Microsoft Office

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Import formatted Word text into InDesign

Import formatted Word text into InDesign

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Import formatted Word text into InDesign

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- [Voiceover] And now we come to Microsoft Word. We're surrounded by bazillions of Word files, and I'm really excited to be working on this chapter about the best ways to get content out of Word files into Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, and vice verse. So let's start out with the one that I think most people are concerned about. How do I get the text out of Word and into InDesign without my head exploding? That's usually a problem having to do with formatting, in which I'll get into in a bit. Actually, before I even jump into that, let me recommend, sorry, but it's a plug for another course of mine, I did an entire course on using Microsoft Word and InDesign together, going back and forth between the programs. So I will be giving you the very basics about the best ways to get text out of Word and into InDesign, but for more information or if you're having problems with a particular Word file, please, by all means, jump over to this course, and check out one of these wonderful…

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