John_Cole

Goal is to retain italics. Basic stuff. I can use >File> Place to import either .docx, or RTF. Importing an RTF, out of MS Word, included a bunch of junk. Much of the text replaced with Xed out boxes. The .doc file is grayed out. Under the > Text menu the only import option is > Insert Filler Text ... only. At this point it appears I will need to be careful reading through original MS Word files to manually format lost character formats.

Yes. Now that I have the live version, I wish I could import and retain styles, particularly character styles. Maybe there is a away. Have not discovered it yet.

Holding down the shift key, then hitting the return key usually places a soft return on a Mac. Soft returns are nice to use whenever a line of text needs to drop, maintaining the overall paragraph styles of the previous lines.