Little question: Word to InDesign transfer

I am trying to help a teacher friend put together a book using Adobe InDesign, but I’m relatively new to this program. Does anyone know if there is a quick and easy way to transfer a Word Document into InDesign? I realize formatting might need to be tweaked, but a basic import would still save me a ton of typing.
I have already created a new InDesign doc, imported the Word file through 'place,' and clicked on the top left corner when the corner text icon shows up. The first bit of the Word file shows up, but then the text won't flow past page one in the InDesign document.
I need to continuous flow about 30 pages worth of data, but I keep getting that little red plus box at the bottom, telling me it's maxed out on room. How do I get it to flow into the rest of the document?
Many thanks!
Bec

palssweettea wrote:
I am trying to help a teacher friend put together a book using Adobe InDesign, but I’m relatively new to this program. Does anyone know if there is a quick and easy way to transfer a Word Document into InDesign? I realize formatting might need to be tweaked, but a basic import would still save me a ton of typing.
I have already created a new InDesign doc, imported the Word file through 'place,' and clicked on the top left corner when the corner text icon shows up. The first bit of the Word file shows up, but then the text won't flow past page one in the InDesign document.
I need to continuous flow about 30 pages worth of data, but I keep getting that little red plus box at the bottom, telling me it's maxed out on room. How do I get it to flow into the rest of the document?
Many thanks!
Bec
Search InDesign Help for flowing text in InDesign. Google is also your friend - search for flowing text in InDesign.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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