The files created will be named the same as the first paragraph of the chapter, so hopefully the first paragraph will be the name of the chapter (Chapter 1, and so on). With your InDesign document open (the one with the imported Microsoft Word document) the following script will create the chapter documents in the same folder. With this in place, you can use a script to cut the document into individual chapters: The template also needs to have Primary Text Frame set to true. Make sure the template has paragraph styles set up to match (or can be mapped) to those used in the Microsoft Word document. Next, you will need a template that sets up the documents for the final chapters. Once the Microsoft Word document is imported, save the InDesign document and maybe even a copy just for backup. Once the document is prepared, export the document as Microsoft Word. (I used the image name inside of square brackets ([image_01}, etc.).

This flag will need a unique text format to set it apart from the other text.

Create a “flag” in the document where each of the images is placed (possibly just before the image’s caption).

Make sure the first paragraph of each chapter starts with a similar paragraph (“Introduction”, “Chapter 1”, etc.) that is styled with a unique style, possibly “Title” or “Subtitle”.

Make sure paragraph styles have been used for styling text.To convert the document into chapters you have a little work ahead of you: If possible, you will need to get the original images from the user and resize and crop as needed for print.Īnother problem is that the user may create a book intended for chapters as one long document. One problem I discovered recently is that images placed in Google Docs exported as HTML may work well for web but are less than optimal for print. This often results in documents with a number of problems when it comes to importing into Adobe InDesign. The biggest problem with using documents prepared in third party applications is that many of these users have had little training. This is where I have found myself lately looking for ways to automate Google Docs for import into Adobe InDesign. A journey into the world of working with third party applications can open up many opportunities for exploration.

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