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5 If you want to set format-specific import options, do one of the following:
Select Show Import Options to see format-specific settings, and then click Open
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(Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).
Hold down Shift as you click Open/Choose or Shift-double-click a filename.
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6 If another dialog box appears, select your import options, and click OK. (See
standing graphics formats and their options" on page
7 Do one of the following:
To import into a new frame, click the loaded graphics icon
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where you want the upper left corner of the graphic to appear.
To import into an existing unselected frame, click the loaded graphics icon
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in that frame.
To import into an existing selected frame, you don't need to do anything; the image
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automatically appears in that frame.
If you accidently replace an existing graphic with an image you're placing, you can
undo the placement by pressing Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Mac OS) to return
the original image to the frame, and display the loaded graphics icon.
Understanding graphics formats and their options
Because documents have varying requirements for the handling of their graphics,
InDesign can import a wide range of graphics file formats, most of which have options for
controlling how the file is imported. By identifying the scope and purpose of your
document and workflow, and consulting with the service providers who will help you
produce your document, you can clarify which options to use. You can then plan your
document around only those formats and options that best apply to your project.
The options available to you when you place a graphics file depend on the kinds of
graphics you've decided to place. These options appear in dialog boxes when the Show
Import Options is selected in the Place dialog box. The options you set remain in effect
until you change them. If Show Import Options is not selected in the Place dialog box,
InDesign applies the default settings, or the last settings used in placing a graphics file of
that type. When PNG files are imported, the settings in the Import Options dialog box are
always based on the selected file, not on the default or last-used settings.
Importing different file formats into a document
You use different file formats to achieve different results in a document. For example, a
single InDesign spread could contain the following:
Pages from an InDesign document exported to a PDF as single page or spread, and
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then re-imported and scaled.
An imported bitmap EPS containing a clipping path created in Adobe Photoshop is
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used to make a transparent background in InDesign.
A Photoshop 1-bit and 24-bit TIFF image that uses white areas in the image to create
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a transparency for the background image to show through.
An EPS vector drawing from Adobe Illustrator.
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