TO IMPORT AUTOMATICALLY WORD DOCUMENTS FROM INDESIGN WITH CHANGES

Who can help me?I need to update several indesign documents updating them from external words..is it possible?

InDesign, by default, links to placed Word document. Be aware that if you choose Edit Original (from the Links panel), that it will lose any formatting which you've applied to the text within InDesign.

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Upload / Open a Word Document from BDS with WebDynpro

Hello,
we use the BDS (Business Document Server) to storage our word files. Now we use WebDynpro with the UI OfficeControl.
Could any one tell me, how to open/upload my documents from BDS with the OfficeControl.
The UI FileUpload does not work, because it is not allowed to use specify URLs. link:[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/b3/be7941601b1d09e10000000a155106/frameset.htm]
For example that is the URL from the BDS: "SAPR3://SAPR3CMS/get/100/BDS_5FDB2_5FR/7B3AAF5B22AAD21197ED0060B0672A3C/Forminterface.doc"
I use the class "CL_BDS_DOCUMENT_SET" with the method "get_with_url". result is above.
Each example with the OfficeControl from SAP (Package SIOS) use the Mime Repository:
mime_repository = cl_mime_repository_api=>get_api( ).
CALL METHOD mime_repository->get
    EXPORTING
      i_url     = url
    IMPORTING
      e_content = content.
wd_context->set_attribute( name = 'DATAS' value = content ).
Have any one an idea, how BDS and WebDynpro works together

What about getting the binary of the word document from BDS and download this?
Yes, it exist a method calls "get_with_table". This return the binary path from my url above.
Here is my source code:
public attributes
DATA oi_document TYPE REF TO if_ios_wordprocessing.
DATA oi_factory TYPE REF TO if_ios_factory.
METHOD wddomodifyview .
DATA ol_node TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA ol_office TYPE REF TO cl_wd_office_control.
DATA vl_document TYPE xstring.
short from
vl_document = myBDS->get_with_table( ).
Settings for UI OFFICE_CONTROL
ol_node = wd_context->get_child_node( 'OFFICE' ).
ol_node->set_attribute( name = 'DATASET' value = vl_document ).
get the office control
wd_this->oi_office ?= view->get_element( 'OFFICE_CONTROL' ).
get the IOS Factory
      wd_this->oi_factory ?= ol_office->_method_handler.
get proxy document
      wd_this->oi_factory->get_wordprocessing_proxy(
      IMPORTING proxy = wd_this->oi_document ).
CALL METHOD wd_this->oi_document->if_ios_document~opendocument( ).
ENDMETHOD.
When I compile everything is ok. But when I run my application, it nothing happen. No word file is opening or no error message. I create a ALC trace (SAPNOTE 949770).
Each time when I try to open my word file comes a popup-window from the alc-trace:
ERRO|20081024143529|WD86_1300|CIOS_GeneralDocumentContainer_Acf::| STG_E_READFAULT : readaccess|HRESULT=-2147287010(     A disk error occurred during a read operation)
ERRO|20081024143529|WD86_1300|CIOS_GeneralDocumentContainer_Acf::|Office version is lower than 12, only native office format supported|HRESULT=-2147467259(Unspecified error
ERRO|20081024143529|WD86_1300|CIOS_GeneralDocumentContainer_Acf::|loadOffice2007xml|HRESULT=-2147467259(Unspecified error )
But I have access to the BDS and to the document.
Can any one help me.....
Regards
Nils

Importing Microsoft Word doc to InDesign with embedded EPS art ~ scaling issue

Hi, my workflow calls for creating content in Microsoft Word 2010 with embedded EPS art, in this case MathType 6.7a math objects. When I import these manuscripts (after saving as Word 97/2003 format) into my Adobe InDesign CS5.5 templates, the embedded inline graphics have been resized. Strangely, InDesign is keeping the container frame at the correct dimensions and then upsizing or downsizing the art inside that box.
When I export a sample graphic from the Word file and unembed the same graphic after import it into InDesign, the two graphics are different sizes. InDesign might increase the size of one embedded graphic by 400% and then scale it down to 25% inside the anchored picture box and then in the next anchored picture box it might decrease the size the art to 50% and scale it to 200%.
I did a test and created a graphic in Adobe Illustrator, saved it as EPS, placed the graphic into a Microsoft Word 2010 document, saved it out to 97/2003 format, imported that doc into an empty Adobe InDesign CS5.5 file. Again! InDesign changed the size of the art and re-scaled it to appear the same.
I've been able to duplicate this issue on InDesign CS4 also, on both Windows XP and Windows 7.
Has anyone else run into this issue? Does anyone know why the InDesign import filter doesn't import inline art in a Word document at 100%? Thanks for the help!

My solution for this is:
1. Place *.docx (yes, docx) word document with mathtype equations into indesign. This will set correct baseline for equations which is very important.
2. download this scalegraphics script http://in-tools.com/downloads/indesign/scripts/ScaleGraphics.zip
3. copy script from zip folder to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS4\Scripts\Scripts Panel\Samples\JavaScript
4. open palet (window/autoamtion/scripts) scripts, find new sript and run it
Voila, all equations is at 100%...
Script explanation: http://in-tools.com/article/scripts-blog/scale-graphics-script/
In links palete equations have eps extension but this is embeded wmf files so you cant open them in photoshop or distill it with distiller.-((( I use export to pdf option in indesign to make pdf file.
If you want all this eps links to export from indesign use this method:
1. in links palete select all links
2. in palete menu choose "unembed link"
3. on answer window choose "no"
4. select folder where you want indesign save files
5. press "select"
6. now you have all links in new folder unembed from indesign document and you can edit it with mathtype.

Importing A4 word documents to indesign

Is it possible to import A4 files along with their whole Word configuration to indesign, without having to re-edit the whole thing?
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What exactly do you mean? Page size has nothing to do with the text contained on the page.
If what you are saying is that you are happy with Word's layout and typography and want to import with exacly the same line endings and page breaks, the odds are pretty good that you'd be better off just uing the Word doc as-is and not bother with ID. If you want to use ligatures and have control over kerning and such, then bring the text into ID, but forget trying to match the layout exactly. ID has MUCH more typographic subtlety and control as well as much better layout control than Word and produces better looking documents with much less effort.

Importing multipage Word document w/hyperlinks into InDesign

I am new to InDesign and I am trying to import a 11 page Word document with hyperlinks into InDesign. For the life of me, I can not figure this out. I try to "put" the file into InDesign but it just imports as a tiny box. Two questions:
1. Does anyone know how to import a Word document where everything is left intact - formatting, line spacing and hyperlinks?
2. Can anyone recommend a good resource for beginners? Trying to learn the software is very challenging.
Thanks in advance for our help!

Matt: The 11 pages of information from Word still have to be laid out to 11 pages (or whatever) in InDesign. The little box you're talking about is a text box you either created before the Place command (with the text cursor waiting inside it) or created when you clicked the "loaded" cursor after the Place command.
You need to resize the box and link it to other boxes for the text to flow from one box to another. This can be a fairly automated procedure once you understand how to work in InDesign; it would require that you have your document designed with, say, a Master Page design, and then different choices of click, shift-click, cmd-click do different things: fill a single text box, fill "threaded" (connected) text boxes on pages you've created, or automatically create new pages as necessary to accommodate all the info you've brought in with the Place command.
s.

Importing a 900 page MS-Word document to InDesign CS 6

The Word document has course descriptions of all the classes offered at a community college. The need is to have two columns(textboxes of equal size)
in each page of the InDesign document and then bring the information from the Word document to InDesign so that when it is printed, it can be like information in a telephone directory as
Page 1
Column 1 data Column 2 data
Page 2
Column 1 data Column 2 data
and so on.
The Word document is like
Page 1
Page 1 data
Page 2
Page 2 data
I understand using the Place option in File menu, the Word document can be imported, but how can the information be
brought over so that it flows in the two columns of each InDesign page. If I do an import now, the InDesign pages are like
Page 1
Page 1 data
Page 2
Page 2 data
I selected the Import options while using the Place option in File menu and chose
Use Indesign formatting in case of a conflict.
1. Is there a way to bring the information from the Word document so that it flows in the two columns of each InDesign page without loss of formatting? The MS-Word document has bold text, headings, sub-headings etc.
I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks Peter,
I found it in Story Editor View, took the text(Cut) and tried pasting it in the next line, but did not work. I pasted the text to Notepad so that formatting is removed, then tried pasting it in InDesign, but it still did not paste.
How can I find out what is causing it and how can it be fixed?
The Word document has all the information in a table(with no borders). I cannot get ID to import it. I tried "Remove styles and formatting from text and tables" option in Show Import Options, "Remove styles and formatting from text and tables" option with Preserve Local overrides checked so that tables can be converted to unformatted tables or unformatted tabbed text, but it did not work.
Thanks a lot for your prompt responses and time in this thread.

How do i import a large word document into Indesign CS6?

I am a new user to InDesign, using version CS6, I would like to know if there is an easy way to import a MS word document into InDesign. The document is about 1000 pages and contains text, images and tables.

Notes on importing from Word to InDesign CS6 and exporting via Kindle Plugin can be found on my blog at:
http://02cafd3.netsolhost.com/blogs/eBookTec/?p=316
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Import Error: The document was created with an unsupported version of Word.

This is the message I get when opening up a Word doc from a cross-country client:
*Import Error*
The document was created with an unsupported version of Word.
Unfortunately, he's out of touch for the next week so I have no idea which version he is using...although a look using BBEdit reveals this in the footer of the doc: Microsoft Word for Windows.
Is there a list of supported and unsupported versions of Word, so I can be prepared for my next encounter with this message?
Message was edited by: Alan Bucknam

If you can open it up, is the formatting of great importance, or is it just the information you need? If its info, copy from BBEdit and paste into your Pages doc. Sometimes you can open it in text edit and then save as a different format. (I think its text edit, one of the OSX word processors opens word docs ok.)
Sorry, this also appears as a problem in Numbers (believe it or not, its also a problem with Office 2007 for windows too). The explanation gets a bit complicated, but there are so many variations of how a M$ document is created. (not all docs are made by M$ products remember, but exported from other programs on different systems, even if it says "Word for windows").
Because of the varied amount of things that can be wrong (that M$ products seem to overlook, or fill in the gaps that would normally cause an error), there is no hard list of non-compatible versions.
This is just as we ( a bunch of nerds here and around the web), have found out from experimenting with different versions and such.
hope this helps and hope the copy paste or save as works for you.

What is the best way to import word documents from a PC to the Ipad2

What is the best way to import word documents from a PC to the Ipad 2?

You first need an app on the iPad that supports word documents - the iPad doesn't have a file structure like a 'normal' computer, and every file/document needs to be associated with an app. If you don't have such an app then options include Apple's Pages app and third-party apps such as Documents To Go and QuickOffice HD. How you then get the documents on the iPad will depend upon the app that you have/get as different apps may use different methods e.g. via the file sharing section at the bottom of the device's apps tab when connected to iTunes, via wifi, email, dropbox etc.

Importing Graphics - Word 2008 to InDesign - Maintaining links?

Hi!
I have an issue where documents are prepared in MS Word 2008 (Mac OS 10.5.7) and then imported/placed into InDesign CS3. The word document has inline graphics which are placed into InDesign as embedded images, however I want them to remain unembedded and linked to the original graphic files when the word doc is imported into InDesign (I have all the graphics in a sub folder within the same folder as the word doc and the InDesign file).
Under InDesign CS2 with Word 2004 I could import a word doc into Indesign and maintain links to graphics (rather than embedded graphics) as long as the graphics were inserted into MS Word via 'Insert > Picture > From File" and then I Ticked 'Link to File' and unticked 'Save with document'. I have done exactly the same thing with MS Word 2008 but I get embedded empty graphics frames in Indesign rather than links to the images.
I then tested Word 2008 with Indesign CS2 and still had the same problem, so am now wondering if it is an issue with Word 2008 or the newer OS?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!!!

Thanks Bob.
This has made me realise that the documents are being supplied to me as .doc rather than .docx even though they are being created in MS Word 2008 (they have a compatibility setting so that they save as an earlier word version - I need to resolve this).
Am I correct in assuming from what you have said that if I have got the images at the quality I want when they are linked into the Word document they will firstly not lose any quality in Word and secondly when they are embedded in the InDesign document there will be no loss of quality?
I ask this question because basically I am regularly updating large online PDFs - starting with an MS Word master and then importing this into InDesign, making layout adjustments and then exporting to PDF. I therefore need to make the process as quick as possible (which I have done through a number of Applescripts) and one of the things I want to speed up is to have to manually go through and relink the images each time. So either I need some quick way of linking the images, OR (if I've understood you correctly) not worry about relinking the images because there is no loss of quality from when we link and embed the graphics in MS Word to when they become embedded in InDesign? This would mean the only time I would have to relink the images is when we do a printed version (which requires better quality images)???

Importing Microsoft word documents that already have paragraph styles

Hello. I have been trying to figure out how to do this for months, this was taught to me many months ago but for some odd reason when I tried it myself it didn't work . I have my paragraph styles all set up in my indesign document. I have to import text that another person is giving me. The document that this person is giving me is a Microsoft word document. Someone showed me that you can customize the document in microsoft word, with styles for example: Selecting a part of text and customizing it (making it big and bold for example), then naming that style Heading, and then doing the same for lets say...a subheading. Well after you save the document (the microsoft word document), you are able to import the word document into your indesign file and it's supposed to override the styles from Microsoft Word and customize itself with your own paragraph or character styles that you already have in your indesign document, as long as the name of the styles are the same as the ones you had in microsoft word(which in this case would be heading and subheading). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Convert Word styles to InDesign styles
Here's the info you need. I found it in the InDesign Help section. I needed it, too. The "Show Import Options" is a little box in the lower left hand corner of the screen that comes up when you choose the file you want to place in InDesign. It's easy to miss.
While importing a Microsoft Word document into InDesign or InCopy, you can map each style used in Word to a corresponding style in InDesign or InCopy. By doing so, you specify which styles format the imported text. A disk icon appears next to each imported Word style until you edit the style in InDesign or InCopy.
Do one of the following:
To add the Word document to existing text in InDesign or InCopy, choose File > Place. Select Show Import Options, and then double-click the Word document.
To open the Word document in a stand-alone InCopy document, start InCopy, choose File > Open, and then double-click the Word file.
Select Preserve Styles and Formatting From Text and Tables.
Select Customized Style Import, and then click Style Mapping.
In the Style Mapping dialog box, select the Word style, and then select an option from the menu under InDesign style. You can choose the following options:
If there is no style name conflict, choose New Paragraph Style, New Character Style, or choose an existing InDesign style.
If there is a style name conflict, choose Redefine InDesign Style to format the imported style text with the Word style. Choose an existing InDesign style to format the imported style text with the InDesign style. Choose Auto Rename to rename the Word style.
Click OK to close the Style Mapping dialog box, and then click OK to import the document.
Marilyn

Importing multiple Word docs into InDesign

Hi there
Is it possible to import multiple Word documents into a single InDesign text frame all at once?
I have 20 files that all flow sequentially so was wondering if -- by selecting them all in Place window -- they would all be brought in one after the other, without each one creating its own new text frame.
Any help gratefully received.
Thanks
Dan

I use the script, below, for that. It's a bit scruffy, it should be tarted up. But it works fine. When you start it you type a path/file mask, using the formats illustrated in the dialog.
It sets a few import preferences, these are the only ones I'm interested in. But it'll pick up the other options from their current settings.
Peter
// Description: Place multiple textfiles as one story
#target indesign
preset = '/d/test/*.rtf';
app.wordRTFImportPreferences.useTypographersQuotes = true;
app.wordRTFImportPreferences.convertPageBreaks = ConvertPageBreaks.none;
app.wordRTFImportPreferences.importEndnotes = true;
app.wordRTFImportPreferences.importFootnotes = true;
app.wordRTFImportPreferences.importIndex = true;
app.wordRTFImportPreferences.importTOC = false;
app.wordRTFImportPreferences.importUnusedStyles = false;
mask = prompt ('Enter a file path/mask.\r\r' +
    'Examples:\r' +
    'd:\\books\\test\\*.rtf   /d/books/test/*.rtf', preset);
if (mask == null) exit(); // Cancel pressed
ff = Folder (File (mask).path).getFiles (File (mask).name);
if (ff.length > 0)
    placed = [];
    missed = [];
    tframe = app.documents.add().textFrames.add({geometricBounds : [36, 36, 400, 400]});
    placedstory = tframe.parentStory;
    app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel =
        UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract;
    pb = initprogressbar (ff.length, 'Loading');
    for (i = 0; i < ff.length; i++)
        pb.value = i;
        try
            placedstory.insertionPoints[-1].place (ff[i]);
            placedstory.insertionPoints[-1].contents = '\r\r';
            placed.push (ff[i].name);
        catch (_)
            missed.push( ff[i].name );
    app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel =
        UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
    inform = '';
    if (placed.length > 0)
        inform = 'Placed ' + ff.length + ' files (in this order):\r\r' + placed.join ('\r');
    if (missed.length > 0)
        inform += '\r\rCould not place:\r\r' + missed.join ('\r');
    delete_empty_frames ();
    alert( inform );
else
    alert (mask + ' not found.');
// End
function delete_empty_frames ()
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '\\A\\Z';
    var empties = app.activeDocument.findGrep (true);
    for (var i = 0; i < empties.length; i++)
        empties[i].parentTextFrames[0].remove()
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    progresswindow = new Window('palette', title);
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Importing Microsoft Word comments into InDesign CS5.5 [Mac]

Has anyone had success importing Microsoft Word comments into InDesign 5.5? I've read that this is possible, however, all my attempts have failed. I've checked that Track Changes is on in both InDesign and MS Word.
The one pattern with all the files I've attempted is that, by the time I receive the file, the author has already accepted all tracked changes. The comments remain, but they do not import into InDesign.
I have 'track changes' ticked on the import dialog.
Is there anything I'm missing? Tips from people who've done this successfully would be greatfully apprecated.

Hi BhSimonP,
Did you got any solution to this problem. I am having same requirement now.
Please help me with your answer.
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Importing Multiple Word Documents into RH

I know that RH allows users to import word documents, however
I was wondering if there was a way to import multiple word
documents (ala batch style import) instead of importing each
document one at a time.

Colum has good advice. Also, since you're new to this, there
are a few curiosities that occur that can be puzzling to newcomers.
If you have graphics in your Word docs (screenshots, etc.) a new
folder will automatically be created. So if the name of your Word
doc is MYDOC.DOC, graphics will be placed in a new folder called
MYDOC_Files.
Another "hitchhiker" to the process is the creation of a CSS
file automatically created for each Word doc. After the import you
have the choice to reassign any style sheet you like, regardless of
the CSS originally linked.
Another tip if you're new to importing, go to Peter Grainge's
excellent site.
http://www.grainge.org/
Follow the links: RoboHelp > Importing from Word for some
excellent ideas.

How to remove tab stops at one shot after importing a word document

HI everyone,
This is my first post in Framemaker Community as I am moving from RH to FM.
I have an issue with respect to importing word documents to Framemaker.
After I have import a word to doc to FM multiple tab stops are created.
Now, although I remove the tab stops manually once, If I place my mouse in the next line , the tab stops are seen again.
Is there any shortcut wherein I can remove tab stops at one go after I import a word document in Framemaker.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Parag

Edit > Find / Change
Find: Text: [ \x08 ]
Change To Text: [ \x20 ]
<*> Document
[ Change All ]
This would change all tabs to ordinary spaces. You can actually just type a tab and space character, but I used the hex notation so you see what you're doing. The space could be any other character(s) you desire, or no characters at all (make sure the To Text: field is empty).
Hex codes?
Found here on one of my installs:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\FrameMaker9\Documents\Character_Sets.pdf

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