User manual ADOBE IMPORT EXPORT FILTERS README

[. . . ] Import & Export Filters ReadMe April 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Microsoft Word, Excel & Rich Text Format (RTF) Import 5. Features Not Supported by the Word and RTF Filters 6. [. . . ] The new XML default extensions for Word and Excel 2007 are . docx and . xlsx, respectively. In order to read these new formats, InDesign CS3 has two separate readers, one for Office 2003, Office 95-97 Word and Excel documents and a second for Office 2007 Word and Excel documents. For Office 2003 or below, table style formatting is imported in InDesign and imported tables will have the same formatting as the Word file. For Office 2007, default table style formatting does not get imported unless an override is applied on the Word file. PLAIN TEXT Importing Plain Text The Text import filter allows you to specify the character set and dictionary language to use when importing a text file. This option is useful if the imported text includes character set-specific special characters. If you do not specify the character set in which these special characters are encoded, the characters may get mapped to other characters. Please note that if the imported text file contains BOM (Byte Order Mask) of UTF-16, the character set and platform dropdown will be grayed out. Supported character sets are as follows: · Unicode · ShiftJIS 83pv · ShiftJIS 90pv · ShiftJIS 90ms · GB2312 · GB18030 · KSC5601 · Chinese Big 5 · Macintosh CE · Macintosh Cyrillic · Macintosh Greek · Windows Cyrillic · Windows EE · Windows Greek · Windows CE · Windows Turkish · Macintosh Turkish · Windows Baltic · Macintosh Croatian · Macintosh Icelandic · Macintosh Roman · · · · · · · · · · · Macintosh Romanian Macintosh Ukrainian Macintosh CE Cyrillic (KOI8R) Cyrillic (KOI8U) Cyrillic (ISO) DOS Latin 2 Greek (ISO) Central European (ISO) Turkish (ISO) Cyrillic (CP855) Exporting Plain Text The Text Export filter allows you to export text to "Text Only" format. The filter allows you to specify the target platform (Macintosh or PC), and the target encoding: · Unicode (UTF-16) encoding · Default encoding Default encoding translates the text from Unicode to platform multibyte encoding depending on the font applied to the text. Microsoft WORD, EXCEL & RICH TEXT FORMAT (RTF) IMPORT The Word import filter allows you to import Word 97­98, Word 2000­2007, Word X-2004 for Mac documents. The Excel import filter allows you to import Excel 97­98, 2000­2007, and Excel X-2004 for Mac documents. The RTF import filter allows you to import RTF version 1. 4, 1. 5, 1. 6, 1. 8, and RTF-J (Japanese) files. If your files include unusual characters, and they become mishandled when imported, you should save the file in Word format from the source application then re-import the file. The RTF export filter allows you to export text to RTF version 1. 6 and RTF-J. Supported Word, Excel and RTF features that can be imported or exported are as follows: Supported Feature Font and Style Options · Family · Size · Color p p p p p p p p p Word & RTF Import Excel Import RTF Export Supported Feature · Case (all caps, small caps) · Style (bold, italic, bold italic) · Underline · Outline · Strikethrough · Superscript and subscript · Japanese emphasis mark (as Kenten) - Japanese versions only · Character spacing · Position (baseline shift) · Character scaling Special Characters · Em dashes and en dashes · Single and double quotation marks · Hyphens · White spaces · Ellipses · Copyright, trademark, and registered trademark symbols · Bullets characters and symbols Document Properties · Paper size: width and height · Margins: top, bottom, left and right · Orientation: portrait and landscape Word & RTF Import p p p p p p p p p p Excel Import p p p p p RTF Export p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p Supported Feature Paragraph Indents · First · Left · Right · Hanging (imported as left and first indents) · Nested (imported as single indents of proportional size) Paragraph Alignment · General · Left · Right · Center · Justify · Force justify Paragraph Options · Keep lines together · Page break before · Keep with next · Paragraph space before and after · Leading · Hyphenation (on/off) Paragraph Line Rules · Weight · Color · Style and type Word & RTF Import Excel Import RTF Export p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p Supported Feature Paragraph Styles · Name · Based on · Next · Paragraph attributes · Character attributes · Tab specifications Character Styles · Name · Based on · Next · Character attributes Tab Attributes · Left · Right · Center · Decimal · Period leader · Hyphen leader · Underscore leader · Tab stops Japanese Text Features · Ruby · TCY · Kenten · Warichu · Character alignment · Kinsoku set Word & RTF Import Excel Import RTF Export p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p Supported Feature Excel Data Types · General · Number · Currency · Accounting · Date and time (Japanese format is supported) · Percentage · Fraction · Scientific · Text · Custom Graphics · Graphics (BMP, JPG, PNG, TIFF, and GIF files only) Objects · Word HTML & OLE control objects (imported as images; not supported for RTF) · Word Autoshapes with added text · Excel Charts (via copy-paste or drag and drop) Data · Sorted · AutoFilter · Advanced filter · Forms · Subtotals · Pivot tables Word & RTF Import Excel Import RTF Export p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p Supported Feature · Tables · Group · Outline · Merged cells Table Formatting · Repeated row headings on multiple pages · Border and stroke width, color and style Row Formatting · Height · Auto grow · Border and stroke width, color and style · Keep together · Keep with next Column Formatting · Width · Border and stroke width, color and style Cell Formatting · Background colors and fills · Border and stroke width, color and style · Height · Width · Horizontal merge · Vertical merge · Insets Word & RTF Import Excel Import p p p p RTF Export p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p Supported Feature Cell Vertical Alignments · Top · Bottom · Center · Justify Cell Text Orientation · Horizontal · Vertical · Angle of rotation: 0°, 90° and 270° only Sheets · Renamed · Auto formatted tables · Hidden sheets, rows and columns Sheet Types · Worksheet Other Text Specifications · Extended ANSI characters (except Macintosh extended ANSI characters) · Extended ASCII characters · Unicode characters · Hyphens · Manual kerning · Column breaks · Page breaks · Section breaks (imported as Page Breaks) · Index · TOC entries (imported as regular text) Word & RTF Import Excel Import RTF Export p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p Supported Feature · AutoText (imported as regular text) · Symbols · Tracked text (For import, note that InCopy Plug-ins must be installed in InDesign and Track Changes checkbox must be selected in the Import Options dialog box) · Inserted OLE objects (for supported data types) · Drop caps · Outlines (imported as regular text) · Widow and orphan control (mapped using the Keep Together setting) · Date and time (imported as regular text) · Bullets and numbers (imported as text) · Captions (imported as text) · Insert file (text in the inserted file will be included, but will not update if changes are made after importing) · Anchored Objects (exported as text boxes in RTF) · Text boxes and Text frames (contents are imported as Anchored Objects) · Text Wrap around Text Box, Text Frames and floating graphics. [. . . ] · Table cell inset values are different for docx & doc files on InDesign import. · When multilevel bulleted lists from Word are imported into InDesign, the list and level boxes can be edited only by choosing the list type as numbers. Please note that upon import, the list and level bond is broken and an InDesign bullet character is applied for the first character of a bulleted string. [. . . ]