InDesign 2 to Word

[Nailmaker]

When I bring InDesign 2 files into Word, the style sheet tags from the InDesign file get carried over as well. Is there any way to get rid of these InDesign styles? I tried Clear Formatting in Word, but it didn't work.

 

[eugenetyson]

Should I even ask, why do you want to get rid of them? If you want to get rid of all the styles then open your document in InDesign. Make a copy of it. Delete all the styles and replace with Basic Paragraph and None. Then save as .rtf

If you don't have the InDesign file and are just working off a .rtf file then you can do the same in Word. Select all the styles and delete them, replace them with the basic styles.

 

[eugenetyson]

Edit:

If you're removing the styles from InDesign when you delete them you'll be prompted as to whether to Preserve the Local Formatting. Make sure that you do.

 

[Nailmaker]

Thanks! These are book chapter files, and I would like to delete the InDesign styles so that the authors can make changes to the Word files and update them for a later edition of the book using a standard set of Word stylesheet tags. I work at a book publishing company, and we want all authors to use the same Word stylesheet tags when they are writing or updating their books. Hope this makes sense.

 

[eugenetyson]

I do the exact same type of work. I find that it is easier to have the InDesign styles. You export to .rtf and it retains the styles in Ms Word.

On reimporting the Word file you simply Map the InDesign Styles to MS Word.

Although Word to InDesign is fine too.

 

[MarcusStringer]

We do this everyday for all the publishers here in Australia.
We have developed a method of doing this which requires extra work outside of InDesign, to supply the level at which the authors are happy working in.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au