ABP Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 When copying InDesign story text from Markzware ID Util app and pasting in Publisher, the text comes out with a grey background and the font size changes to a larger size not in the InDesign doc (where it is 9pt, which of course I would not expect) nor as specified in the Publisher doc (in my test case the Publisher doc font size is 12pt, the paste came out at 13pt). When doing the same test from ID Util to Quark, the text pasted without any grey background and in the same size font as specified in the Quark doc (i.e. 12 pt). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABP Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Another test. This time the copying from Markzware ID Util has come out 16pt, wide leading, grey background (see screen shot). The original is 12pt, standard leading (14.4), no grey background. When copying to other apps such as Quark and Pages the copying comes out correctly the same as the original. Kindly advise re this inconvenience. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABP Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Correction to previous posting: it come out wrong in Pages but CORRECT in Quark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Steinmetz Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 (edited) I pasted this text (from a book I made in Indesign) into publisher. Even migrated the paragraph and text styles. Edited June 30, 2019 by Vincent Steinmetz typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 6/25/2019 at 11:06 AM, ABP said: When copying InDesign story text from Markzware ID Util app and pasting in Publisher, the text comes out with a grey background Make sure that when you create a new text box that it doesn't carry unnecessary formatting instructions. You may have played with some options in Publisher and this continues to be reflected in that text box. Just click Revert Defaults icon and then try to paste the text you copied from indesign. This should solve your problems. Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABP Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Thanks both, but please note I am not talking about text copied directly from InDesign (which works fine) but InDesign text copied via Markzware (which I have been experimenting with as part of my readiness for when my InDesign CS6 will no longer work with Apple's next OS). Markzware is a program(me) that opens InDesign docs even when you do not have the InDesign app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 1 minute ago, ABP said: but please note I am not talking about text copied directly from InDesign (which works fine) but InDesign text copied via Markzware Sorry, didn't get that. Well, in that case I'm out. I don't use that extension/program. Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwhit Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Vincent Steinmetz said: I pasted this text (from a book I made in Indesign) into publisher. Even migrated the paragraph and text styles. Yay! Looks like this got fixed in the final release! Never could copy/paste text from ID. It would bring everything into APub as single line text frames. That said, in at least one beta I thought I remember it working, but after reading your post, I see it apparently is working correctly for the most part! So pretty much a workable solution! That really resolves a huge problem for migration. In longer, more complex ID docs, opening a pdf version of the ID file meant a LOT of work to restore text flow, etc. This looks great! Glad I read this post! Quote -------------------- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020 i7 72GB) • AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB • macOS Ventura MacBook Pro, 13", M1 2020 • 16 GB • macOS Ventura iPad Air 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwhit Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Aha! Found the difference. If you try to copy/paste a text block, doesn't work. Have to copy the text, then paste into a text frame in APub. Quote -------------------- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020 i7 72GB) • AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB • macOS Ventura MacBook Pro, 13", M1 2020 • 16 GB • macOS Ventura iPad Air 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwhit Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 7 hours ago, ABP said: Thanks both, but please note I am not talking about text copied directly from InDesign (which works fine) but InDesign text copied via Markzware (which I have been experimenting with as part of my readiness for when my InDesign CS6 will no longer work with Apple's next OS). Markzware is a program(me) that opens InDesign docs even when you do not have the InDesign app. Based on your post, I just downloaded Markzware ID Util and got the same result copying/pasting right from the ID Util Stories window. Had to export to RTF, then drag/drop into APub to get the formatting to stick. Be much nicer if, as you said, we could just copy/paste. But still may be handy in certain circumstances. Our firm has a lot of legacy ID files that we routinely use as a starter for a client's updated pubs. Quote -------------------- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020 i7 72GB) • AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB • macOS Ventura MacBook Pro, 13", M1 2020 • 16 GB • macOS Ventura iPad Air 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABP Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Yes, that's how to at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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