Placing text

I want to place text from Word into an In-Design document but only the first page fills with text. There is a + button at the bottom right that I can click on and then fill the pages individually but there are 80 pages so I don't want to do this 80 times. Would like for the text to fill all the pages. Thanks

Hold down the Shift key when you click the loaded cursor.

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All the implications of placing text from another file

Hi all,
I have a large document with masters that I use for my proposals. I created all the masters I need in this file, then when I get a request for proposal, I just copy out the masters I need for that particular one (depending on the products requested).
The original file is getting pretty big (175 MB), and I'm looking for ways to make it smaller, as it's starting to drag. I was thinking of cutting all text out of it, creating Word docs, then placing the text back in, but I had some questions.
1. Will this really shrink the file size that much?
2. How will the Word document be affected if I change text within InDesign? Do changes in InDesign change the original document?
3. Will all of my character styles stay (such as highlighting the area where I need to fill in the customer's name)?
If anyone could point me to a good reference on placing text or help me with some guidance I would much appreciate it. This is a big project and I want to start it correctly.
Thanks!

Before you do anything try file>save as and save the file that way.
Bob

Woes placing text; need benefit of your experience! [CS4 + JS]

Hi-- I'm working on a routine for importing a number of text documents into InDesign, but have come up with odd behavior when placing text. I'm working with ID CS4 & javascript; all the actions perform the same when doing them manually.
I start with text--actual unformatted text originating from a Word document, but saved as a text file--and with the text tool place it at the cursor position in a paragraph in 'body text' style; the text picks up formatting different than the style, namely the font from 'Headline' style, although pt size & leading are still 'body text' style.
Yet when I cut the same text from a text editor, then paste it at the cursor position, the text appears as I expect, in body text style with no overrides.
This is a small improvement: When I first tried placing the text, it had been coming in with a character style applied. I noticed that the character style being applied was selected in the Quick Apply menu. Un-selecting the character style in the Quick Apply got me to where I am now.
It's driving me nuts that I still can't figure out where the Headline-style font is coming from! Any pointers?
Thanks in advance...
Daniel
p.s.: I'm trying the text import angle to avoid other problems I'd been having importing Word documents, namely importing any Word97-2003 document with highlighted text would crash ID, Word character styles adding direct formatting to the text in ID, etc.

As promised, here is the code, as it stands, for whatever help it can be. The code is specific to my particular uses, but the approach of tagging various direct/character styles from Word, wiping all formatting then reapplying ID styles and removing the tags may be useful.
    ConvertWordBrute.jsx
    Problem: importing from regularly styled Word templated documents to CS4 can be a mess. Even if import presets are exactly set,
    if the Word doc has character styles, text can come in with layered character styles. Applying correct character styles and then
    removing overrides won't fix because character styles and direct formatting are layered on every bit of text and formatting is not
    at all standard. To fix, all character styles AND overrides must be removed to wipe out the strangeness. This script shows one approach
     to keep italic, bold and bold italic direct formatting, and perhaps other stuff to preserve what the writers intended.
    The approach: tag formatting outside of ID's usual facilities, wipe all formatting clear, then apply the proper styles & character styles.
    Presumes:
        --A word import preset has been set...
        --Will need to trap for missing fonts? (e.g. Windings Bold, which is faked in Word; doesn't actually exist!)
        Left @: Works reasonably well. Probably should be run on before layout has sections.
        --Document includes a paragraph style named "Body Text"
* @@@BUILDINFO@@@ ConvertWordBrute.jsx !Version! Thu Oct 11 2011 10:52:08 GMT-0700
#script "ConvertWord"
#target "InDesign"
main();
function main(){
    try {
        var docRef = getActiveDocument();
    } catch (e) {
        alert (e);
    var confirmWarning = "Note: bold, italic and bold-italic will be turned into character styles, then this script clears all overrides--" +
        "any character spacing applied outside of regular paragraph and character styles will be erased--OK?";
    var myConfirm = confirm(confirmWarning, true, "Text change alert!");
    if (myConfirm == false){
        return;
    var jumpTextCharStyle = "Body jump text";
    var jumpLineChars = 30;
    //saveTextReflowState & turn it off to avoid adding pages...
    var smartTextReflowState = docRef.textPreferences.smartTextReflow
    docRef.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
    //Apply HTML-like tags to text with formatting you want to keep
    //what you search here depends on how your import preferences were set... did you map incoming word styles? to what? Normal -> Body Text?
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text", "Bold" , "b");
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text", "Italic" , "i");
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text", "Bold Italic" , "bl");
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Normal", "Bold" , "b");
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Normal", "Italic" , "i");
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Normal", "Bold Italic" , "bl");
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text indent", "Bold" , "b");
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text indent", "Italic" , "i");
    tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text indent", "Bold Italic" , "bl");
    cleanupTags(docRef);
    //Convert Word styles to ID styles, then wipe Word styles
    convertWordStyles(docRef);
    //Re-apply all paragraph styles with no overrides or character styles
    formatTaggedCharacters(docRef, "b", "Bold")
    formatTaggedCharacters(docRef, "i", "Italic")
    formatTaggedCharacters(docRef, "bl", "Byline")
    // Replace jump lines character style, since above makes all bold-italic into Byline style
    formatJumpLines(docRef, jumpLineChars, jumpTextCharStyle);
    //re-instate text reflow
    docRef.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = smartTextReflowState;
function getActiveDocument(){
//returns reference to active document; otherwise undefined
    //if a variable is not assigned a value, its value is undefined
    if (app.documents.length == 0) {
        throw ("No documents open");
    //returns value for variable docRef back to call statement
    var docRef = app.documents.item(0);
    return docRef;
function tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, paragraphStyle, fontStyle, fontTag) {
    // Searches for characters in paragrapfStyle, fontStyle in docRef, enclosing any characters found
    // in HTML-style angle-bracket tags containing fontTag
    var myStyles, s, stylesRE;
    //First chk if passed paragraphStyle exists
    for (var s = docRef.paragraphStyles.length-1; s >= 2; s--) {
        //get a list of pipe-separated styles, but not the default styles in brackets, since they'll screw up a RegExp pattern
     myStyles = docRef.paragraphStyles[s].name + "|" + myStyles;
    stylesRE = new RegExp(myStyles);
    if (!paragraphStyle.match(stylesRE)){
        return;
    //Clear the find/change preferences.
    clearFindChangePrefs()
    //Set the find options.
    app.findChangeTextOptions.caseSensitive = false;
    app.findChangeTextOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
    app.findChangeTextOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
    app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
    app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
    app.findChangeTextOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
    app.findChangeTextOptions.wholeWord = false;
    app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = paragraphStyle;
    app.findTextPreferences.fontStyle = fontStyle;
    var myFoundItems = docRef.findText();
    openTag = "<"+fontTag+">";
    closeTag ="</"+fontTag+">";
    //Note: gotta iterate from the end forward, otherwise tag insertions will skew insertion points
    for(i=myFoundItems.length-1; i>-1; i--){
        myFoundItems[i].insertionPoints.lastItem().contents = closeTag;
        myFoundItems[i].insertionPoints.firstItem().contents = openTag;
function cleanupTags(myObject){
    // To correct for faulty formatting resulting in badly placed tags, e.g.: tags on both sides of paragraph returns.
    // To internalize search routines into this script, it uses a series of searches equivalent to FindChangeByList,
    // captured with RecordFindChange_CS3-CS5.jsx .
    // Note GREP search strings MUST be enclosed in quotes with all internal backslashes & quotes escaped,
    // e.g.: \\ becomes \\\\, findWhat:"( becomes findWhat:\"(
    var myChangesArray = new Array();
    // a few changes to clean up placement of formatting tags which may be funky from Word direct formatting
    myChangesArray[0] = "grep    {findWhat:\"(<[^>]*>)(\\\\s)(</[^>]*>)\"}    {changeTo:\"$2\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false}"; //Nix bolded white space of any kind
    myChangesArray[1] = "grep    {findWhat:\"(<[^>]*>)(\\\\ )(\\\\[)\"}    {changeTo:\"$2$1$3\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false}"; //move spaces (only!) in front of bylines before tag
    myChangesArray[2] = "grep    {findWhat:\"(\\\\r)(</[^>]*>)\"}    {changeTo:\"$2$1\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false}"; //move close tags before graf returns
    myChangesArray[3] = "text    {findWhat:\"<bl>^_</bl>\"}    {changeTo:\"^_\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}";    //Replace em dashes that somehow get bold italic
    findChangeByArray(myObject, myChangesArray)
function convertWordStyles(docRef){
    // Converts Word styles to ID styles, then wipes Word styles
    // To internalize search routines to this script, this uses a series of searches equivalent to FindChangeByList,
    // captured with RecordFindChange_CS3-CS5.jsx .
    // Note search strings MUST be enclosed in quotes with all internal backslashes & quotes escaped, esp. important for GREP
    // e.g.: \\ becomes \\\\, findWhat:"( becomes findWhat:\"(
    var i, p, stylesRE;
    var myChangesArray = new Array();
    //note: findChangeByArray does not trap for
    myChangesArray[0] = "text    {findWhat:\"^p^t\"}    {changeTo:\"^p\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}"; // remove tabs at the start of paragraphs
    myChangesArray[1] = "text    {findWhat:\"n\", appliedParagraphStyle:\"Heading 1\", appliedFont:\"Wingdings\", fontStyle:\"Bold\"}    {changeTo:\"^8\", appliedCharacterStyle:\"[No character style]\", appliedParagraphStyle:\"Headline 1\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}"; //replace square bullet in Heading 1 Word style to standard bullet Headline 1 + Bold
    myChangesArray[2] = "text    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Normal\"}    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}"; // replace Normal paragraph Word style with Body Text
    myChangesArray[3] = "text    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"CallOut\"}    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Callout\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:true}"; // replace CallOut Word style with Callout
    myChangesArray[4] = "text    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Normal Indent\"}    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text indent\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:true}"; //replace Normal Indent Word style to Body Text indent
    myChangesArray[5] = "text    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text\", fontStyle:\"Italic\"}    {appliedCharacterStyle:\"Italic\"}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace direct formatted body text italic with character style
    myChangesArray[6] = "text    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text\", fontStyle:\"Bold\"}    {appliedCharacterStyle:\"Bold\"}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace direct formatted body text bold with character style
    myChangesArray[7] = "text    {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text\", fontStyle:\"Bold Italic\"}    {appliedCharacterStyle:\"Byline\"}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace direct formatted body text bold italic with Byline character style
    myChangesArray[8] = "text    {findWhat:\" -- \"}    {changeTo:\"^_\"}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace space dash dash space with em dash, no spaces
    myChangesArray[9] = "text    {findWhat:\"--\"}    {changeTo:\"^_\"}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace space dash dash space with em dash, no spaces
    myChangesArray[10] ="text    {findWhat:\" \"}    {changeTo:\" \"}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace double spaces with single space
    myChangesArray[11] ="text    {findWhat:\"^p^p\"}    {changeTo:\"^p\"}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //Nix double paragraph markers
    // section to put in headline jump reference bullets
    myChangesArray[12] ="grep    {findWhat:\"\\\\> ?(from \\\\[\\\\d\\\\d?\\\\])\\\\s?\\\\s?$\"}    {changeTo:\" ~8 $1\"}    {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:true, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true}"//add bullet before end of word, replace space (optional space) 'from [' digit optional digit ']' optional space optional space end of paragraph with space bullet space + the rest
    // Changes any imported paragraph styles to Body Text, imported character styles to None, nukes imported
    findChangeByArray(docRef, myChangesArray)
    removeImportedStyles(docRef);
    // clear overrides, both character & paragraph
    // first set what paragraphs to check
    stylesRE = new RegExp(/Body |Heading /)
    for (i = 0; i < docRef.stories.length; i++) {
        //only mess with stories with a bunch of paragraphs & only paragraphs of Body* or Heading* styles
        if (docRef.stories[i].paragraphs.length > 1) {
            for ( p=0; p < docRef.stories[i].paragraphs.length; p++){
                if (docRef.stories[i].paragraphs[p].appliedParagraphStyle.name.match(stylesRE)) {
                    docRef.stories[i].paragraphs[p].clearOverrides(OverrideType.ALL);
function clearFindChangePrefs(){
    //find/change text preferences
    app.findTextPreferences = null;
    app.changeTextPreferences = null;
    //find/change grep preferences
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
    app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    //find/change glyph preferences
    app.findGlyphPreferences = null;
    app.changeGlyphPreferences = null;
function findChangeByArray(myObject, myChangesArray){
    //a shorter version of the supplied FindChangeByList.jsx to allow internalizing search strings
    // Note search strings passed MUST be enclosed in quotes with all internal backslashes & quotes escaped,
    // esp. important for GREP, e.g.: \\ becomes \\\\, findWhat:"( becomes findWhat:\"(
    var myFindChangeArray, myFindType, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions, i;
    var myStyles, s, stylesRE, searchOK;
    // Prepare to trap for non-existant styles
    // get a list of pipe-separated styles, but not the default styles in brackets, since they'll screw up a RegExp pattern
    for (var s = myObject.paragraphStyles.length-1; s >= 2; s--) {
         myStyles = myObject.paragraphStyles[s].name + "|" + myStyles;
     stylesRE = new RegExp(myStyles);
    for (i = 0; i < myChangesArray.length; i++) {
        myFindChangeArray = myChangesArray[i].split("\t");
        //The first field in the line is the findType string.
        myFindType = myFindChangeArray[0];
        //The second field in the line is the FindPreferences string.
        myFindPreferences = myFindChangeArray[1];
        // Trap to ensure the style exists
        //The second field in the line is the ChangePreferences string.
        myChangePreferences = myFindChangeArray[2];
        //The fourth field is the range--used only by text find/change.
        myFindChangeOptions = myFindChangeArray[3];
        // Trap for non-existant paragraph styles; ID will choke on searching for a style not in doc
        // Look for paragraph style in find string
        if (myFindPreferences.match(/appliedParagraphStyle/)){
            // & that the search is for a style existing in the document
            if (!myFindPreferences.match(stylesRE)){
                continue;
        switch(myFindType){
            case "text":
                myFindText(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                break;
            case "grep":
                myFindGrep(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                break;
            case "glyph":
                myFindGlyph(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                break;
function myFindText(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
    //Reset the find/change preferences before each search.
    app.changeTextPreferences = null;
    app.findTextPreferences = null;
    var myString = "app.findTextPreferences.properties = "+ myFindPreferences + ";";
    myString += "app.changeTextPreferences.properties = " + myChangePreferences + ";";
    myString += "app.findChangeTextOptions.properties = " + myFindChangeOptions + ";";
    app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
    myFoundItems = myObject.changeText();
    //Reset the find/change preferences after each search.
    app.changeTextPreferences = null;
    app.findTextPreferences = null;
function myFindGrep(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
    //Reset the find/change grep preferences before each search.
    app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
    var myString = "app.findGrepPreferences.properties = "+ myFindPreferences + ";";
    myString += "app.changeGrepPreferences.properties = " + myChangePreferences + ";";
    myString += "app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = " + myFindChangeOptions + ";";
    app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
    var myFoundItems = myObject.changeGrep();
    //Reset the find/change grep preferences after each search.
    app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
function myFindGlyph(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
    //Reset the find/change glyph preferences before each search.
    app.changeGlyphPreferences = null;
    app.findGlyphPreferences = null;
    var myString = "app.findGlyphPreferences.properties = "+ myFindPreferences + ";";
    myString += "app.changeGlyphPreferences.properties = " + myChangePreferences + ";";
    myString += "app.findChangeGlyphOptions.properties = " + myFindChangeOptions + ";";
    app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
    var myFoundItems = myObject.changeGlyph();
    //Reset the find/change glyph preferences after each search.
    app.changeGlyphPreferences = null;
    app.findGlyphPreferences = null;
function removeImportedStyles(docRef){
    // Changes any imported paragraph styles to Body Text, imported character styles to None, nukes imported
   var paraStyle = docRef.paragraphStyles.item("Body Text");
   var noneCharStyle = docRef.characterStyles.item("[None]");
   for(var myCounter = docRef.paragraphStyles.length-1; myCounter >= 2; myCounter--){
     if (docRef.paragraphStyles[myCounter].imported == true ) {
        docRef.paragraphStyles[myCounter].remove(paraStyle); //Replaces w/paraStyle
   for(var myCounter = docRef.characterStyles.length-1; myCounter >= 2; myCounter--){
     if (docRef.characterStyles[myCounter].imported == true) {
        docRef.characterStyles[myCounter].remove(noneCharStyle);
function formatTaggedCharacters(docRef, fontTag, characterStyle){
    // Searches docRef for text between <fontTag> </fontTag> tags & applies characterStyle
    // then removes the fontTags.
    // For characterStyle = Byline, If found text is greater than jumpTextLen in length, apply jumpTextCharStyle instead
    // First verify the passed charstyle exists...
    // use your standard GREP search & replace
    app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
    // note ? mark in following GREP search string, the non-greedy modifier. Thanks Jongware!
    var myString = "app.findGrepPreferences.properties = {findWhat:\"<"+ fontTag + ">(.*?)<\/" + fontTag + ">\"};";
    myString += "app.changeGrepPreferences.properties = {changeTo:\"$1\", appliedCharacterStyle:\""+characterStyle+"\"};";
    myString += "app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:true};";
    app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
    var myFoundItems = docRef.changeGrep();
    //Reset the find/change grep preferences after each search.
    app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
    //OK, the tags are still there, so wipe 'em
    removeTag(docRef, fontTag);
function removeTag(docRef, fontTag){
    // Use a GREP search to replace the given tag in docRef; don't mess with styles, as that should've been handled already
    // Reset the find/change grep preferences before each search.
    app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
    var myString = "app.findGrepPreferences.properties = {findWhat:\"<"+ fontTag + ">(.*)<\/" + fontTag + ">\"};";
    myString += "app.changeGrepPreferences.properties = {changeTo:\"$1\"};";
    myString += "app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:true};";
    app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
    var myFoundItems = docRef.changeGrep();
    //Reset the find/change grep preferences after each search.
    app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
function formatJumpLines(docRef, jumpLineChars, jumpTextCharStyle){
    // Since previous convertWordStyles() changes all bold italic styled text to Byline char style, change any that are
    // >jumpLineChars to 'Body jump text' style.
        app.changeTextPreferences = null;
        app.findTextPreferences = null;
        var myString = "app.findTextPreferences.properties = {appliedCharacterStyle:\"Byline\"};";
        myString += "app.findChangeTextOptions.properties = {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false};";
        app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
        var myFoundItems = docRef.findText();
        //Reset the find/change text preferences after each search.
        app.changeTextPreferences = null;
        app.findTextPreferences = null;
        //Note: best to iterate from the end forward, avoiding any potential insertion point skew
        for(i=myFoundItems.length-1; i>-1; i--){
            if (myFoundItems[i].length > jumpLineChars){
                myFoundItems[i].appliedCharacterStyle = jumpTextCharStyle;

InDesign Placed Text Linking Issue

Hi - I've just recently updated to CS6 and am having an issue with linking placed text files.
When I place the Word Doc into the InDesign file initially (not in position), the link to the original document is present in the 'Links' window as expected. However, I need to transfer this text into another text box on the page and of course when I do so the link is removed.
Therefore, I tried placing the Word Doc directly onto the page in position (I have an autoflow setup that I need the text to run through) however when I do this no link appears in the window. To clarify, I have three separate text boxes setup on my master page that I need this linked text to flow through.
Any suggestions how to solve this? I have run through the preferences and ensured everything is as it should be.
Thanks!

Sorry for the double post! I've solved it - for anyone else in the same boat, I created a Master Page with the linked text flowed through the 3 separate text boxes. I then selected to override the master objects on the realtime pages and relinked to different documents from there as needed.

On Placing Text - General Feedback and Experience Request

Hi everyone.
Recently I completed a Kindle book made through InDesign, containing some 130 images and over 40,000 words. When I typed the book, I did so using MS Word largely because I wanted automatic management of citations, which I did using a Zotero plugin. The writing process was as good as any writing process could ever be, but once I began placing the text (as a Word document) into InDesign, I quickly experienced the "love-hate" relationship described by David Blatner in one of his courses.
I suffered a tremendous amount of trouble when placing the Word docs into InDesign. After I completed the book and placed it into InDesign, and then formatted it properly for ePub, the Table of Contents would not generate. Each time I attempted to generate the TOC, InDesign crashed. Eventually I grew tired of that experience so I pasted all of the Word text into Notepad++, saved a new file as a plain text file, and then copied and pasted the plain text into InDesign and then manually reformatted the entire book, replacing each individual image.
The result of my labor was an InDesign book with clean code that exported to ePub without any trouble at all. So I'm very happy that I was able to complete the project.
Now, I need to do it again, so I wanted to ask for your general feedback on your experience of placing text into InDesign.
Is there a special way you have developed to keep everything as clean as possible to reduce the chances of unexpected problems from occuring?
I can write a book using Apache Open Office as easily as I can Word. If I use Apache Open Office and save the book to RTF and place it, would I get a cleaner InDesign file than if I saved and placed the RTF using Word?
I'm just seeking general feedback that may help ease my future workload.
Thanks

We often get word files to be "converted" to Indesign (now CC for us but in Windows). We have a macro running which converts lots of styles to char styles (italic, bold ...) before importing.
We have a template made in CC and afterwards exported it as rtf. We saved that rft as a word-template. This template works fine, but many of the "special feature" of Word cause problems, mainly because either ID doesn't recognize the code, or ID makes something else for it. Clearing this isn't simple, if it's a short story, we convert all the text to a basic para style (no grep styles, no nested styles), getting rid of all the "overrides", and start by manually reformatting.
My advice: if you start from scratch, use ID from the start, maybe some "things" will be more difficult, but as you put it, if you have to start all over again, it didn't help a lot typing the text in "word" first.

Placing Text boxes

Placeing Text boxes on a document. How do I place a text box on a document so I can print it out and it will be ledgable.
I converted a map to word and could not place a text box. I also placed a sticky note on a PDF and could not enlarge it enough to read.
Help!

Hello Harrie Potter,
I have a couple of suggestions.
First, if you want to use sticky notes, you can enlarge the text in the note.
To do so, you open the pop-up and type in the text. Select the text. Hit CTRL-E to open the Pop-up Text Properties toolbar.
You can change the font and size of the pop-up's text via the properties toolbar.
Second, Acrobat has a Text Box annotation.
In the Comment tools, its icon looks like a box with a T in it.
You may select the tool and draw the text box size.
Then type the text you want in it.
Similar to the above, select the text in the text box and hit CTRL-E to open the Text Properties toolbar.
You can use the Text Properties toolbar to set the font, size, color, etc.
In either case, once you have the text properties set up the way you want, you may set them as default.
Click out of the annotation (text box or sticky note) to deselect the text.
Click once on the annotation to select the whole annotation, right-click and select "Make current properties default".
Regards,
Charlene

New user: Problems placing text over object

Hi,
I have recently started using InDesign CS5 to produce the biannual magazine for a volunteer organisation. My background is not in this area, so please excuse me if I do not use correct terminology or am asking something obvious. Having said that I have been very impressed with the ease of the programme to use for what we need.
I am having a problem with the document I am currently working in, however if I place the same elements in a different document things are ok, so I know it is something I have accidently done, but after a lot of playing around I am at a loss.
My issue is when I place an Object (a photo for the cover) and then try to place text over the top the text disappears on the object, however can be seen when you take it off it. You see the text box with the red cross mark in the bottom right corner. If you ask to "bring to front" nothing happens. Same if you try it using the photo. Oher objects (logo) can be placed on top of the photo. I have tried using Layers, but to no success.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Standard advice to new users. Buy a good book.
Sandee Cohen's Visual Quick Start Guide is by far the best one for beginners: http://amzn.to/czpjiq
The best $20 you'll ever spend if you want to learn InDesign.
Bob

Placing text in div causes the div to expand

I have a floating div called itemboxfloat. It is a left floating div. I have placed a background image in the div which has the same dimension as the div but I had to specify no-repeat because if I used padding it would expand the space given for the background and it would tile. I can't really discribe whats happening but I am trying to place text in the div box and I am using the padding functions to located the top line of the text within the div. But as I add more padding to force the first line of text lower in the div. it seems to be expanding some boundry out the bottom of the div. My CSS if itemboxfloat and the div is also called itemboxfloat. I have included the code for your review.
Thanks for your help
Dan
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>aro</title>
<style type="text/css">strong {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #000;
</style>
<link href="CSS/Chemtech.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="CSS/verticalmenu.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="CSS/horizontalmenu.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="headernarrow"><img src="Images/header-narrow.jpg" alt="header" width="960" height="150" border="0" usemap="#Map" />
    <map name="Map" id="Map">
      <area shape="rect" coords="3,5,265,123" href="index.html" alt="Chemtech Process Equipment" />
    </map>
</div>
<div id="navigation_bar"><div class="AJXMenuULDYZCC">
<div class="ajxmw1">
<div class="ajxmw2">
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html" title="Home"><b>    HOME    </b></a></li>
<li><a class="ajxsub" href="productsbytype.html" title="Products"><b> PRODUCTS </b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="productsbytype.html" title="Indexed by Type"><b>Indexed by Type</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="productsbymfgr.html" title="Indexed by Manufacturer"><b>Indexed by Manufacturer</b></a></li>
</ul>

</li>
<li><a href="#" title="Request Quote"><b>REQUEST QUOTE</b></a></li>
<li><a href="#"><b>DOWNLOADS</b></a></li>
<li><a href="contact%20us.html" title="Contact Us"><b> CONTACT US </b></a></li>
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<li><h1><b>PROCESS EQUIPMENT</b></h1></li>
<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Pumps"><b>Pumps</b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="Air Diaphragm"><b>Air Diaphragm</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Centrifugal"><b>Centrifugal</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Drum"><b>Drum</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Gear"><b>Gear</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Hose"><b>Hose</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Magnetic Drive"><b>Magnetic Drive</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Metering"><b>Metering</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Peristaltic"><b>Peristaltic</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Piston"><b>Piston</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Vertical"><b>Vertical</b></a></li>
</ul>

</li>
<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Mixers"><b>Mixers</b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="Direct Drive"><b>Direct Drive</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Gear Drive"><b>Gear Drive</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="C-Clamp Mount"><b>C-Clamp Mount</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Drum Mount"><b>Drum Mount</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Fixed Top Mount"><b>Fixed Top Mount</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Side Mount"><b>Side Mount</b></a></li>
</ul>

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<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Filters"><b>Filters</b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="Bag"><b>Bag</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Cartridge"><b>Cartridge</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Centrifuge"><b>Centrifuge</b></a></li>
   <li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Indexing Media"><b>Indexing Media</b>
    </a>
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     <li><a href="#" title="Gravity FIlter"><b>Gravity Filter</b></a></li>
     <li><a href="#" title="Vacuum FIlter"><b>Vacuum FIlter</b></a></li>
     <li><a href="#" title="Sludge Filter"><b>Sludge FIlter</b></a></li>
     <li><a href="#" title="Pressure Filter"><b>Pressure Filter</b></a></li>
     <li><a href="#" title="Sludge Filter"><b>Sludge Filter</b></a></li>
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   <li><a href="#" title="Oil Skimmers"><b>Oil Skimmers</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Oil-Water Separators"><b>Oil-Water Separators</b></a></li>
</ul>

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<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Tanks"><b>Tanks</b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="Carboys & Totes"><b>Carboys & Totes</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Rectangular"><b>Rectangular </b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Cylindrical Cone Bottom"><b>Cylindrical Cone Bottom</b></a></li>
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   <li><a href="#" title="Vertical Bulk Storage"><b>Vertical Bulk Storage</b></a></li>
</ul>

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<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Piping/Hose"><b>Piping / Hose</b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="PVC Pipe & Fittings"><b>PVC Pipe & Fittings</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="CPVC Pipe & Fittings"><b>CPVC Pipe & Fittings</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Polypro Pipe & Fittings"><b>Polypro Pipe & Fittings</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="PE Pipe & Fittings"><b>PE Pipe & Fittings</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Kynar Pipe & Fittings"><b>Kynar Pipe & Fittings</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Sanitary Hose, Gaskets & Fittings"><b>Sanitary Hose, Gaskets & Fittings</b></a></li>
</ul>

</li>
<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Immersion Heaters"><b>Immersion Heaters</b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="Electric Immersion"><b>Electric Immersion</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Steam Coil"><b>Steam Coil</b></a></li>
</ul>

</li>
<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Process Controls"><b>Process Controls</b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="pH & ORP Probes"><b>pH & ORP Probes</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Conductivity Probes"><b>Conductivity Probes</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Flowmeters"><b>Flowmeters</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Level Sensors"><b>Level Sensors</b></a></li>
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<li><a href="#" title="Chemical Feed Skids"><b>Chemical Feed Skids</b></a></li>
<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Evaporators"><b>Evaporators</b>
</a>
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   <li><a href="#" title="Burt Process Equipment"><b>Burt Process Equipment</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Filtertech"><b>Filtertech</b></a></li>
</ul>

</li>
<li><a href="#" title="Filtration Systems"><b>Filtration Systems</b></a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="Fume Scrubbers"><b>Fume Scrubbers</b></a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="pH Neutralization"><b>pH Neutralization</b></a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="RODI Water Systems"><b>RODI Water Systerms</b></a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="Transfer Sumps"><b>Transfer Sumps</b></a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="UL Control Panels"><b>UL Control Panels</b></a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="Vacuum Distillation"><b>Vacuum Distillation</b></a></li>
<li><a class="ajxsub" href="#" title="Wastewater Treatment"><b>Wastewater Treatment</b>
</a>
<ul>
   <li><a href="#" title="Burt Process Equipment"><b>Burt Process Equipment</b></a></li>
   <li><a href="#" title="Filtertech"><b>Filtertech</b></a></li>
</ul>

</li>
<li><a href="#" title="Water Reclaim (LEEDS)"><b>Water Reclaim (LEEDS)</b></a></li>
</ul>
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</div>
</div>
<div class="floatimageleft"><img src="Images/aro-sanitary-pumps.jpg" width="250" height="243" alt="aro sanitary pump" /></div>
<h2><span class="largeheading">ARO</span> Air Operated Diaphragm Pumps</h2>
<p>Air Diaphragm Pumps are an excellent choice for self-priming applications and situations where the pump my be deadheaded such as feeding a filter press. A favorite of process professionals everywhere- Ingersoll Rand / ARO Diaphragm   Pumps provide stall-free, ice-free operation in 3/8” thru 3” fluid ports. Backed   by a five-year warranty, they are the most reliable pump line on the market   today.</p>
<div id="cat_long_description"><span id="ctl00_Content_description">Their patented   “Unstallable” unbalanced air valve design avoids stalling issues associated with   other pumps. The “Quick-Dump” exhaust valves divert cold exhaust air from   ice-prone components, preventing freezing. Backed by a five-year warranty, we   have the most reliable pump line on the market today.</span></div>
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ul {
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 1em;
display: block;
a:link {
text-decoration: none;
color: #666;
a:hover {
font-weight: bold;
color: #F00;
text-decoration: underline;
.largeheading {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 48px;
color: #F00;
.floatimageleft {
float: left;
width: 250px;
margin-right: 20px;
height: auto;
margin-top: 10px;
background-image: url(../Images/aro-compact-series-float.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
margin-bottom: 20px;
.itemboxfloat {
height: 110px;
width: 740px;
float: left;
padding-left: 10px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
border: thin solid #000;
background-image: url(../Images/aro-compact-series-float.jpg);
background-position: 0px 0px;
overflow: hidden;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;

Thats because you have height 110px set on the 'itemboxfloat' <div>. When you add padding to it, say padding-top: 20px; the divs height becomes 130px. Never set height on a <div> which contains text.

Placing Text BEHIND the application

Is there a way I can place text, such as " LOADING.... " behind the application in the HTML? The little black and gray loading bar isn't entirely obvious that it is actually loading. So i'd like to have some words there as well... but when I try and edit the Main.html file in Dreamweaver I can't seam to edit behind the Flash mov.

Hello,
This is more of a question of what you can do with the .swf object and HTML content. There are probably several ways to accomplish what you're looking for. A quick googling popped up this site, which you might find helpful:
http://www.brianyerkes.com/swfobject-help-when-placing-a-div-over-flash/
You might also consider customizing the preloader. There are some links for that in this thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/578156
-Bear

Placing text in a textarea after calling actionListener.

Hi Hope somebody will be of some help... Anyway i have a program that has arady all AWT components ( Buttons , radiobuttons , checkboxes etc and a textarea placed in the center of the applet. At present when an action is carried out on 1 of the buttons it prints information i want to the dos screen but i am trying to change this so it writes the information to the text area in the middle of my applet. Hard to explain but here is where i have it writing to the dos screen.
Any help or demonstrations much appreciated.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
if (evt.getSource()==go ) {
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printActionEvent (evt);
void printActionEvent (ActionEvent evt)
System.out.println (" EventObject: src = " + evt.getSource ());
System.out.println (" AWTEvent: id = " + evt.getID ()
+ " . . . . . . . (ACTION_PERFORMED = "
+ ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED + ")");
System.out.println (" ActionEvent: cmd = " + evt.getActionCommand ());
System.out.println (" ActionEvent: modf= " + evt.getModifiers ());
System.out.println (" ActionEvent: parm= " + evt.paramString ());

i used that function append but it still would nt work
, any ideas !!!
Maybe i am using it wrong !!Yes, seems so.
>
void appendActionEvent(ActionEvent str)
TextArea reportArea = new TextArea("Dumbass",20, 30);You are reinitialising your textArea every time ! Juste make
a "new TextArea()" once (in the constructor) and then, call
.append("your message\n") each time in your function.
Hope this helps,
-- Alexis

Shortcuts for placing text in brackets

Is there a way to easy place text in brackets in Indesign? I have a lot of text where some word need to be placed in brackets and would like to just highlight the word and use a shortcut to place it in brackets.

Save this short Javascript in your User Scripts folder:
app.selection[0].insertionPoints[-1].contents = ')';
app.selection[0].insertionPoints[0].contents = '(';
app.selection[0].characters.itemByRange(0,app.selection[0].length-2).select();
You can assign a shortcut key to it the usual way.

In Design crashing when placing text

I'm creating a book of essays related to my workplace. I created a table of contents, preface page and placed the initial essay (all from Microsoft Word) with absolutely no problems. When I went to place the second essay on a subsequent page of the document, all of a sudden I received a message from the InDesign program that said, "Adobe InDesign CS5 has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Please close the program." I can place images with no problems and can do other things with InDesign but am at a loss at not being able to place a Word doc. I checked with our IT person and they weren't able to help. The project is due at the end of the month so I'm sweating it a little. Any thoughts? Thanks.

It could also be some settings within your paragraph formatting within Word that causes the text to kick to the next page (overset text) - such as having a long line of text for a hyperlink and having it not hyphenate and/or break. If a line of paragraph of text isn't allowed to break, it will try to fit in the next frame infinitely.
We work with a lot of files we have these types of issues with and, generally, it's related to a hyperlink or table that's setup too wide to fit on the page with the margins as they're setup or the hypenation setting is off. You can also trying placing by click-and-dragging wider than the page to help determine where the issue originates within the new text.
Sometimes it's just something you would never notice until this error occurs.

Placing text inside curved shape

i am having bit trouble placing the text inside this custom shape (i used custom shape tool)
I followed one of the post found here Fitting text inside a custom shape but i couldn't get any results at all. Would someone maybe try to give me exact instructions on how to do this please.
I would like to place this text inside yellow shape and text should follow the curved path of the shape.

It's easier to apply the flag warp to both the Type and Shape layers at the same time, so start with your text, and create the shape layer below it. Select both layers, and right click and choose Convert to Smart Object. Then Free Transform > Warp

Placing text inline-keeps coming in outside the text box

I have a family tree graphic I made in InDesign, that is saved as a grouped .indd file. I originally placed this family tree into a larger InDesign document that is full of text, and just placed it on top of the text and did a text wrap so the text would no obscure the graphic.
Now I would like to change from a separate placed graphic to an inline text graphic, so the graphic will flow with the text.
When I try either of the following workflows:
--cut graphic, place cursor within text, then paste
or
--delete graphic, choose File > Place, choose graphic.indd file, click cursor into text,
the graphic just appears above the cursor as a separate graphic…not inline.
Any idea what could be happening here?
InDesign CS5 on Mac by the way.

AlyMcF1 wrote:
I saved it as an .eps because
-- .tif wasn't an option
If you have type, it's best to not rasterize it, but if you do want to do that for some reason, export as PDF, open it in Photoshop and save as a tiff. I don't think there is any real advantage to having something made in InDesign converted to a tiff just to place back into InDesign, but if that's what you want, this is better than eps.
AlyMcF1 wrote:
-- didn't think importing a .pdf into a file I plan to export as a .pdf seemed like a good idea (maybe I'm wrong)
I don't know of any downside.
AlyMcF1 wrote:
(I was always taught that copying and pasting was a bad idea…
Maybe in PageMaker, but InDesign is not PageMaker. Copying from Illustrator or Photoshop and pasting into InDesign is bad, because you should be saving from Illustrator or Photoshop and placing, but copying and pasting within InDesign is just fine.
AlyMcF1 wrote:
…and so is resizing a graphic within the page layout app).
Enlarging a raster graphic will lower the effective resolution, but as long as the effective resolution is within your target range, it's OK (e.g., a 600ppi file will be OK if it's twice the size in InDesign if your target resolution is 300ppi). Vector graphics have no resolution, so there is no issue with resizing. I think the advise to not resize was based on not giving PageMaker more to do at the output stage (recalculating the size of placed graphics was thought to involve heavy lifting that you wanted to spare PageMaker from having to do). I don't think anyone still advises that, but if they do, they might see this post and give their reasons why.

Applying paragraph styles to placed text

I have a catalog document built with with master pages and paragraph styles. The layout has a grid of image boxes for product with a text box beneath for descriptions. The text boxes should have style 1 applied to the 1st line, and style 2 applied to the following lines. Style 1 is applied to the text boxes in the master, and has next style set to style 2 in the paragraph style settings. This works fine when typing directly in the document, but I am placing the text from a word document. When I place the text, InDesign is just applying the default text settings instead of the correct styles. Is there a way to get it to automatially apply the correct styles, or will I need to manually set the styles?
Using CS5
thanks,
Katie

Part of your answer is very easy: after you've placed your text, select a few paragraphs, and then right-click on "style 1" and select "Apply Style, Then Next Style." That's how to use "Next Style" on text that you've placed.
The other part of your question -
When I place the text, InDesign is just applying the default text settings instead of the correct styles. Is there a way to get it to automatially apply the correct styles, or will I need to manually set the styles?
is a fair bit more complicated. If you're placing Word files, and all of the text in Word is styled with "Normal," then you'd probably need to manually set styles. If the text is in Word, but is styled carefully, then you can click the "Import Options" checkbox upon placing, and you can do all kinds of things to the file, including stripping all Word formatting & mapping Word styles to InDesign styles. If you have text in some other format, it may be possible to automate styling, but it depends completely on what you have to place. Raw text with XML tags? CSV files? RTFs generated by a translation memory tool? If you can post example files or screenshots, we may be able to figure out a way to smooth out this part of your workflow, depending on the materials with which you're working.

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I'm using Photoshop Elements 13. I create a PDF of the text I want to place from Word. About 50% of the time, I get a "program error". I upgraded from version 11 because of this issue, and now it's happening with this version too. Doesn't seem to help to do it over again. I didn't have a problem doing this on another project, though.
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