avyclaire Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Hello, I watched the video about linked text frames and in it, the tutor showed how to place text by choosing a document file. When I try to do this, and navigate on my hard drive for a document file, non are available. They are all grayed out. I have the text frame selected and am doing everything I see being done in the video. Can anyone suggest why this is happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 What kind of document files are you trying to Place? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 4 hours ago, avyclaire said: They are all grayed out. That happens if you try to place with the Place Image Tool. If you use the command "File" > "Place..." then you will see less grayed out files and get access to .txt, .rtf, .docx for instance. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avyclaire Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Thomaso, Thanks for the thought, but I didn't use the image place tool, I went through the menu File>Place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avyclaire Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 13 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: What kind of document files are you trying to Place? Hi Walt and Thomaso I just saw that a word document with extension .doc is not available, I went into a new folder where there are .docx files and they are available. Thank you!! walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 That's a pity. I assumed this because you said "all" are grayed out. With File > Place... at least some text file formats should be not grayed. Edit: fine, you have been faster. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avyclaire Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Thomaso, it looks like the old .doc format doesn't work, only .docx. Thanks again for your interest in helping me solve this problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.