How To Import Text Into InDesign WITHOUT having to Reformat

Learn how to import text into Adobe InDesign in less than 5 minutes with easy to follow step by step instructions.

We'll take a text document from Microsoft Word and import it into Adobe InDesign 2018.

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Video designed by Lisa Siefert of Pretty Fabulous Designs

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[Zorrilla.Living]

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.

[johires]

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!!!

[jamesfriday]

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.

[realtoast]

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.

[cbgrubb]

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

[BlazeGoldburst]

Your tutorial video on importing the Word Doc to Indesign has been very useful to us. Thank you so much.😃

[jurdzfiled]

What if the Word has images on it, would it be still be there in the indesign?

[maryfern]

This is just what I needed! All my searching found only how to place one page documents. Thanks, Lisa!

[MarjolynNoble]

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

[oleavideo]

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!

[dreamer-ouml]

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!

[JanetteHeffernan]

Did your import bring all the formatting across with the styles?

[abdallaaref]

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.

[ultramynd.]

I love this lady. You just saved a life. Thank you

[djpenton]

Very helpful! InDesign beginner here, trying to work with a massive Word doc is input. I subscribed. Thanks!

[PastorHooks]

That's awesome. I know I will need this soon so it is good to know. Thanks. And thank you for being brief.

[darkreigncometh]

Thank you! I have been looking for a solution to this forever.

[derrionarrington]

Thank you so much! This has to be in the Top 3 of the most useful videos I’ve ever come across.

[liammetcalfe]

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.

[squareinsquare]

Thanks so much! All I needed to do was press shift, you've saved me a ton of time.