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Placing text
When placing text, you can specify whether the text will retain its formatting and use
typographic quotation marks and apostrophes. You can also specify additional import
options.
To place a text file:
1 Do one of the following:
Make sure that no insertion point is present and that no text or frames are selected.
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The placed text will appear in a new frame.
Using the type tool
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added at the insertion point, or it will replace the selection.
Using the selection tool
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placed text will replace the contents of the frame.
If you accidentally replace a text file or graphic using this method, choose Edit >
Undo Replace.
2 Choose File > Place.
3 Locate and select a text file.
4 To keep existing formatting in the text file, select Retain Format. To strip all formatting
out of the text file upon importing, deselect this option.
5 To convert straight quotation marks (" ") and apostrophes (') to typographic quotation
marks (" ") and apostrophes (') in the imported file, select Convert Quotes.
6 If you want the imported text to replace the currently selected text or frame, select
Replace Selected Item.
7 To display additional options for importing the type of file you've selected, select Show
Import Options or Shift-click Open. For more information on additional import options,
see "Working with text import filters" on page
8 Click Open. If you selected Show Import Options or held down Shift, InDesign displays a
dialog box containing import options for the type of file you're placing. Select any options
you want, and then click OK.
If you haven't already designated an existing frame to receive text, the pointer becomes a
loaded text icon, ready to flow text wherever you click or drag. For information on flowing
text, see "Flowing text manually or automatically" on page
Flowing text manually or automatically
When your pointer becomes a loaded text icon
or out port, you are ready to flow text onto your pages. When you position the loaded text
icon over a text frame, parentheses enclose the icon
In addition, the icon can appear in one of three forms, which correspond to the method
you choose for controlling the flow of text on your pages:
Manual text flow adds text one frame at a time. It stops flowing text at the bottom
of a text frame, or at the last of a series of linked frames. You must reload the text icon
to continue flowing text.
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, select text or click in an existing frame. The placed text will be
or the direct-selection tool , select an existing frame. The
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