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  1. In the Main Menu, click the File tab, then click Place.

    File Tab in Adobe InDesign
  2. Find the document you want to import, check the Show Import Options button and click open.

  3. In InDesign, click and drag to create a box. Your word document text will appear in the box. Remember, you can only import text from Word from InDesign. If you had any images, you will most likely have to recreate them in InDesign.

    Adobe InDesign Page with the Fredonia ITS Hierarchy.
  4. To match the Word Styles to InDesign’s styles, go to the File Tab, then click Place.

    The File tab in Adobe InDesignImage Modified
  5. Under the Format option, click Customize Style Import Option.

    Microsoft Word Import Options box with Customize style clicked.
  6. Click the blue Style Mapping button. This will open up a Style Mapping Box. Sometimes the styles will match as they do in the example. If they do not match, each style box has a dropdown menu containing lots of styles to choose from. Look through them and select the styles that do match.

    The Style Mapping Box showing the styles used in Microsoft Word and InDesignImage Modified
  7. Click OK in the Style Mapping Box and the Import Options Menu. Then drag and drop your content into InDesign. It should be formatted like it was in MS Word.

    Content appears on the InDesign Page.

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  1. Click the File Tab, then click Export.

    File Tab in Adobe InDesign.
  2. If you are trying to make your document for a website, save it as ADOBE PDF (Interactive). If you are trying to make the document available for printing, save it as ADOBE PDF (Print).

    1. For saving as an ADOBE PDF (Interactive), check the options for “Create Tagged PDF” and “Use Structure for Tab Order”.

      Export Interactive PDF box with Create Tagged PDF and Use structure of tab order checked.
    2. For saving as ADOBE PDF (Print), you have a different set of options. You need to change the compatibility drop menu to Acrobat 6 or higher. Then go to the Options section, and check Create Tagged PDF. Finally go to the Include section and check Bookmarks and Hyperlinks.

      Export Adobe PDF box open with Create Tagged PDF checked.
  3. Now we have to finish the job in Acrobat. Go to the File Tab and click Properties.

  4. In the Document Properties Tab, click the Description Tab and name your project in the Title Field.

    Document Properties in Adobe Acrobat open. Title section is filled with a name.
  5. Now you want to set the Initial View of the document. In the Document Properties box, click the Initial View tab. In the Windows Options Section, click the Show dropdown menu and choose Document Title.

    The Document Properties box Initial View Tab with Document Title visible in the Show dropdown menu.Image Modified
  6. Specify the language. Go to the Advanced Tab of the Document Properties box. Under Reading Options, click the Language drop-down language and choose English.

    Advanced Tab is open. Language is set to English.
  7. Check the Tag Structure and the Reading Order.

    Options Menu in Adobe Acrobat.
  8. Set your documents Tab Order. Click the Page Thumbnails Pane, then click the Options drop-down menu. Click Page Properties. In Tab Order, check the box for “Use Document Structure.” Click OK and your done!

    Page Properties panel with the Tab Order Tab open. Use Document Structure is checked.

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  1. Go to the Main Menu, and click the File Tab, and select Export.

    File Tab in Adobe InDesign
  2. In the Export Box, Select EPUB (Reflowable) in the Save As Type dropdown menu.

    File name is set. Save as type is set to EPUB (Reflowable)Image RemovedFile name is set. Save as type is set to EPUB (Reflowable)Image Added
  3. In the EPUB Reflowable Layout Export Options, be sure that the Version Setting is at EPUB 3.0.

    EPUB Reflowable panel open. Version set tot EPUB 3.0
  4. Next go to the Object Section. In CSS, choose between having the size fixed or relative to text flow. Go with the one that looks better.

    EPUB Reflowable panel open. CSS Size set to fixed.
  5. Go to the Metadata and give your document a title. Click OK.

    Metadata section. Title of the document box has a name of the file.

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