AboutRoy Wilhelm Expertise I can help you with questions about typography, style sheets, document setup, image placement, importing text, exporting, and much more.
Experience I use InDesign daily to design magazine pages. I have experience in newspaper and magazine design.
Organizations AIGA
Education/Credentials I have a Bachelor's degree in Communication Design
Expert: Roy Wilhelm Date: 3/31/2008 Subject: copying from indiesgn to word
Question QUESTION: I often need to copy/paste text from indesign cs2 inito word or elsewhere. I used to be able to do this, but suddenly it stopped. when I copy from indesign and try to paste into word or other apps, nothing happens. Is there a lock on? ALso: I need to give my 100 page file to an editor to review. He typically is use to the text in a word format. How do you submit dcument so editor and correct? Thanks!!!
ANSWER: <b>First issue</b>
I've head that this can work if you're on a PC: Delete the following folder, C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp
Just to be safe, just drag the folder somewhere else temporarily and see if it works. If not just put the folder back. If you're not a PC, let me know and I'll try to find you the right solution.
<b>Second issue</b>
Assuming you don't have InCopy and you and the editor are working in different locations: the best thing to do would be to copy the text to a Word document (after you've solved issue one) and link the file directly back into the InDesign file. then send them the word doc and have them make changes in that document. When they've sent it back, just relink to the corrected document. Beware of styling issues that may occur though. I've found it's best to save Word docs in Rich Text Format (RTF) to avoid styling glitches.
Another option would be for you to email them a PDF of the whole file and have them email back corrected paragraph blocks. For example, if they found a misspelled word in paragraph 5 on page 62, they could copy and paste the entire paragraph into an email and correct the word and email it to you. Again, you'd have to make sure italic and bold type retained its styling.
Let me know if this was helpful.
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QUESTION: Hello Roy -
You have given me the most hope - BUT . . . I do not have a folder called Users in my C Drive (yes I'm using a PC)there fore the rest (username/appdata/local/temp) are not there. I do have All users in various places, like in Document settings, data recovery and windows.
As for the second question: So if I save the book as a PDF the editor will be able to work in it to edit it?
Answer Well you've stumped me. I don't work in Windows and I was giving you advice based on research I did online. Try doing a computer-wide search for "AppData." If you find that folder, open it and look for Local/Temp that way. If this doesn't work, we'll have to try something else.
As for the PDF thing: the answer is no. I was suggesting that if you can't submit a Word file, then send them a pdf for reviewing purposes. They'd have to copy and paste the text from the PDF to an email with changes made. Then you'd have to copy and paste this text back into the InDesign document. Not glamorous, I know, but unless the editor has InDesign or InCopy, it's your second best bet.
Third option would be for you to ship them a hard copy, they'd make written changes on the pages and ship them back to you to update in the file.
