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044 Fixing unwanted hyperlinks in an imported Word file - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign Secrets
044 Fixing unwanted hyperlinks in an imported Word file
So it's a normal day here in Anne-Marie land, I am working on a project for a client. They have sent me their Word file which I have on my Desktop. So I will go to File > Place and grab it and I will turn on Show Import Options because I want to make sure that I want to bring in the styles, because this was written by somebody that I trust and they know how to do styles right. So I click and place it and aah! What is this horrible blue stuff? When I zoom in, I can see that these are actually links. I get this request from people all the time. How can I prevent InDesign from importing all of these links in Word files? And that's from the people who know what they're doing. People who are new to InDesign are like, why is some of my text blue? And that's because when you bring in a Word file with styles, it also brings in any of the hyperlinks. And Word, by default, will convert any kind of URL that you enter into a hyperlink on the fly, same thing for email address, it's a feature, not…
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161 Keeping page numbers on top of master items3m 55s
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162 Adding automatic currency symbols in a table cell or before text3m 50s
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163 Make a pop-up footnote for your ebook3m 48s
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164 Deleting tabs at the beginning of paragraphs and applying a paragraph style3m 10s
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165 Five InDesign Presentation tips6m 28s
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089 Three great Object Styles for any designer8m 1s
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090 Choosing alpha channel image transparency2m 25s
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091 Adding and reading metadata for InDesign files3m 25s
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092 Adding ALT tags to your images6m 59s
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093 How to Place & Link a text frame's text but not its formatting7m 4s
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094 Setting the baseline position of a caption2m 39s
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051 Five things that should be in every new file5m 19s
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052 Forcing EPUB page breaks with invisible objects6m 21s
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053 Understanding component information6m 39s
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054 Creating running heads using section markers4m 16s
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055 Making a font with InDesign using the IndyFont script5m 20s
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056 Finding where that color is used7m 17s
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037 Updating a linked table without losing formatting5m 18s
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038 Creating electronic sticky notes4m 49s
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039 Moving master page items to the top layer for visibility2m 48s
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040 Five guide tricks that will impress your coworkers6m 18s
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041 Letting InDesign add the diacritics4m 21s
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042 Using single-cell table cells for custom paragraph formatting6m 2s
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