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InDesign Class #29: Placing Text from Word: Import Options, Built-in Styles, and Ready-to-Layout Text

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InDesign Tutorial: placing text from Word, Microsoft Word Import Options, Preserve Styles, Remove Formatting, loaded text cursor. Episode 29 of the Complete Adobe InDesign Series.

Software: Adobe InDesign
Level: Beginner
Duration: ± 4 min
Series total: 6 h 7 min · 104 videos
Published: October 28, 2026

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Introduction

Here's what we'll do in this episode: place text from a Word document into InDesign, set import options, and check the imported styles. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe InDesign series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Writers usually send text in Word format. Instead of copying and pasting, InDesign can place a Word file directly with full import options. Create an A4 document with two columns.

Step 1: File » Place Word document

Press Ctrl and select the article file in DOC format. Check Show Import Options so we can adjust the import method, then click Open.

Step 2: Microsoft Word Import Options

The Import Options dialog opens. The Include section controls additional content such as table of contents and footnotes. The Formatting section determines whether Word formatting is preserved or removed. Select Preserve Style and Formatting so titles and subtitles remain distinct.

Step 3: Loaded text cursor

Click OK. The cursor changes to a loaded text cursor with a line icon. Text flows from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner. Word text flows into a new frame that automatically creates two columns following the guides.

Step 4: Checking the import result

Titles and subtitles enter with their respective formats. Click on the title and check the Paragraph Style panel. Styles from Word are imported into the list. This way, we can later tidy them up using Paragraph Style. If the Word formatting is messy, repeat Place and select Remove Style and Formatting from Text and Tables.

Step 5: Remove formatting

Text enters plain with basic paragraph style, so we can format it from scratch using our own style.

Step 6: Replacing the frame content

To replace text in an existing frame, select the Frame and Place with Replace Selected Item checked. New text replaces old text without changing the size and position of the frame. Done

Done!

We've placed the Word document, adjusted import options, used the loaded text cursor, checked the imported styles, and understood the format removal options. In the next episode, we'll connect multiple text frames with trading. Need a layout design for a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as InDesign courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, exercise files, and project files, are available to premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy single classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: File » Place Word document

0:48Step 2: Microsoft Word Import Options

1:08Step 3: Loaded text cursor

1:24Step 4: Checking the import result

1:47Step 5: Remove formatting

1:57Step 6: Replacing the frame content

2:13Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: File » Place Word document

0:48Step 2: Microsoft Word Import Options

1:08Step 3: Loaded text cursor

1:24Step 4: Checking the import result

1:47Step 5: Remove formatting

1:57Step 6: Replacing the frame content

2:13Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: File » Place Word document

Step 2: Microsoft Word Import Options

Step 3: Loaded text cursor

Step 4: Checking the import result

Step 5: Remove formatting

Step 6: Replacing the frame content

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: File » Place Word document

Step 2: Microsoft Word Import Options

Step 3: Loaded text cursor

Step 4: Checking the import result

Step 5: Remove formatting

Step 6: Replacing the frame content

Done!