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3 For Spacing, type a value in points. Higher values remove the extra space from between
characters positioned on sharp curves or angles.
Path type before (left) and after (right) applying spacing adjustment
Note: The Spacing value compensates for the way characters fan out around a curve or
sharp angle. It has no effect on characters positioned on straight segments. To change
spacing of characters anywhere along the path, select them, and then apply kerning
or tracking.
Working with text import filters
You can import text from other InDesign documents, word-processing and spreadsheet
applications, text or table editors, or any application that can export text in the text-only,
RTF, or ASCII format. In Windows, importable file formats are listed in the Format menu in
the Place dialog box.
To open PageMaker or QuarkXPress documents, see
Press files in InDesign" on page
About import filters
InDesign imports most character and paragraph formatting attributes from text files but
ignores most page-layout information, such as margin and column settings (which you
can set in InDesign).
The import options appear when you select Show Import Options in the Place dialog box.
If this option is deselected, InDesign uses the import options last used for a similar
document type. The options you set remain in effect until you change them.
If InDesign cannot find a filter that recognizes a file by either its file type or file extension,
an alert message tells you that. For best results in Windows, use the standard extension
(such as .doc, .txt, .rtf, or .xls) for the type of file you're importing. You may need to open
the file in its original application and save it in a different format.
If your word-processing application supports character and paragraph styles and if
InDesign has an import filter for the application, you can import styles when you import
the text file. InDesign generally imports all formatting information specified in the word-
processing application, except information for word-processing features not available
in InDesign.
InDesign adds imported styles to its list of styles for the document. If an imported style has
the same name as an existing InDesign style, InDesign overrides the imported style with
the existing style.
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