There are some known issues when importing Microsoft Office 2007/2008 files into Adobe InDesign CS4 and InDesign CS5. If you encounter an issue while importing Microsoft office 2007/2008 documents, then try saving back to a previous version or to another file format within the Microsoft Office product, and then import the new file.

Known Issues InDesign CS4

Known Issues InDesign CS5

Known Issues InDesign CS4

1. Footnotes are not imported from .docx, .doc, or .rtf files when a graphic is present in the text. The footnote reference displays as a missing glyph, and the footnote text is not present.

Workaround: Deselect the Import Inline Graphics option in the Microsoft Word Import Options dialog box while importing the Microsoft Office document.

2. In the Excel Import Options dialog box, the user defined cell range is not populated while you import an .xlsx file.

Workaround: Type the range manually in the cell range box, and then import the desired cell data.

3. InDesign does not display "-1" value for an imported Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet that contains the value "-1".

Workaround: In Microsoft Excel, save the .xlsx document in the .xls file format, and then reimport the document in InDesign CS4.

4. InDesign CS4 does not apply the correct font when importing a .docx file for some font types.

Workaround: In Microsoft Word, resave the document in the .doc file format, and then reimport the document.

5. When a Microsoft Office Word 2007/2008 text document (.docx) with black only fill is imported into InDesign CS4, it displays as rich black in the Separations dialogue box.

Workaround: Resave the document in the .doc file format, and then reimport the new file.

6. InDesign may quit unexpectedly when importing a .docx file that contains cross-references of type Footnote & Endnote.

Workaround: No valid workaround.

7. InDesign displays the error message "Failed to open PDF file" when a chart is copied from Microsoft Excel 2007/2008 to InDesign CS4.

Workaround: Save the Excel document in the .xls file format, and then copy and paste the chart into inDesign CS4.

8. Text does not display as text when you copy from Microsoft Excel 2007/2008 and paste into InDesign CS4. When you paste the text, it appears as a bitmap graphic rather than as text.

Workaround: Save the document in the .xls file format, and then copy the desired text and paste it into InDesign CS4.

9. InDesign may quit unexpectedly while importing a .docx file with different cross-references.

Workaround: Resave the document in the .doc file format, and then reimport the new file.

10. InDesign may freeze or quit unexpectedly while importing a Microsoft Excel file that contains blank cells with formatting applied. InDesign attempts to import blank cells with formatting applied.

Workaround: Remove all formatting from blank cells in the Microsoft Excel document.

11. InDesign may quit unexpectedly when importing .docx files that contain nested tables.

Workaround: Save the file in the .doc file format, and reimport into InDesign CS4.

12. Some straight quotation marks are not converted to typographic quotation marks when imported.

Workaround: No valid workaround

13. When cross-references of type Footnote & Endnote are present in either footnotes or endnotes in a Microsoft Office Word document, and the document is imported into InDesign, the cross-references aren't imported. This occurs with several file formats from Microsoft Office documents.

Workaround: No valid workaround

14. Hyperlinks defined in Microsoft Office documents are not preserved when that document is imported to InDesign.

Workaround: InDesign's import filters are not capable of converting these to it's native hyperlink objects. The hyperlinks must be recreated in InDesign via the Cross References/Hyperlinks panel.

Known Issues InDesign CS5

1. Paragraph rules imported from word 2007 files are not shown in InDesign.

This is likely to happen with use of drop cap characters.

Workaround: Save as a 2003 Word (doc) document.

2. Footnote text is incorrectly shown under Endnotes on import.

Workaround: Save as a 2003 Word (doc) document, or Rich Text Format (RTF)

3. Importing an Excel (.xls) file containing GB18030 characters fails to display the characters.

When importing an Excel document, InDesign displays GB18030 Chinese characters as squares.

Workaround: Apply a different font before importing the document. For example, use Arial Unicode MS or SimSun-18030.

4. InDesign does not display "-1" value for an imported Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet that contains the value "-1".

Workaround: In Microsoft Excel, save the .xlsx document in the .xls file format, and then reimport the document in InDesign CS5.

5. Some straight quotation marks are not converted to typographic quotation marks when imported.

Workaround: No valid workaround.

6. When cross-references of type Footnote & Endnote are present in either footnotes or endnotes in a Microsoft Office Word document, and the document is imported into InDesign, the cross-references aren't imported. This occurs with several file formats from Microsoft Office documents.

Workaround: No valid workaround.

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