Kerning removed when pasting word document into indd.
I am trying to paste a set of tables into indd. I converted the PDF to a DOC using Acrobat Pro, and it looks and behaves fine in Word. But when I paste it into place all of the kerning is removed. Why is this happening and how do I stop it?
Hmmm, well I've reproduced it.
Can't explain it.
But I reproduced it. It's not a matter of "kerning" but rather the exclusion of the regular space character.
I tried converting table to text (in Word), then converting it back to a table before placing, and the spaces were preserved, but aside from all the space characters having a "custom tracking" value applied, the round-trip conversion resulted in a mangled layout anyway, so it was really only good for experimental purposes in the end.
In my standard workflows, I rarely if ever Place text-based content, and it's likely because scenarios like this were involved in the evolution of my habits. Word tables and InDesign tables have very little in common, and I would probably bring in plain text and reconstruct the table(s) in InDesign, if this was my project, without having even tried to Place. Actually, I've had better luck (copy/paste) with Excel to InDesign tables.
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