Transitioning Text Across Platforms

[Peter Gold <peter -at- knowhowpro -dot- com>]

Hi, Kenneth:

If you're new to InDesign, you really should start at the beginning 
with it, by going through tutorials, creating some publications, 
cruising the Adobe User-to-User forums.

You can "place" (import) Word files into InDesign, and you can ignore 
Word formatting if it's something you want to leave behind. However, 
you can also use Word style names, if they're done consistently. You 
can change the appearance of named styles, or keep the Word appearance.

I'm interested to know if there is a compelling reason that you're 
making this change, other than PTBSS ("powers that be say so")?

InDesign is weak in numbering, lacks cross-references and other 
features that are important in complex technical publications. ID's 
layout and typographic tools are terrific, of course. Its open 
scripting feature - Applescript, Visual Basic, and/or cross-platform 
JavaScript - can help automate lots of production steps. There are free 
and commercial script libraries and plug-in tools that help overcome 
the missing built-in features.

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices


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