Operation Manual

Working with Text 91
Importing text from a file
Importing text from a word-processor file is the traditional way to create text
content for Desktop Publishing layouts (but you can also create a story using
WritePlus). If you use your current word processor to create the text file for your
publication, you can import any number of files into one publication. Each file
becomes a story consisting of a self-contained section of text like a single article
in a newspaper, which resides in one or more linked text frames.
As well as the WritePlus format (.stt), a range of popular word processing and
text formats can be imported, including:
ANSI text
.txt
Microsoft Word 2007
.docx/.dotx
Microsoft Word 2000/2003
.doc/.dot
MS Works
.wps
Open Office text
.odt
Rich Text Format
.rtf
Wordperfect
.wpd
Write
.wri
For Microsoft Word formats created in any Windows operating system you don't
need to have Microsoft Word installed locally. This means you can reuse third-
party text content in PagePlus without the supporting application.
PagePlus will preserve the formatting of imported word-
processor text. However, if you're using your word processor to
create text specifically for PagePlus, you'll save time by typing
as text only, and applying formatting later in PagePlus.
To import text from a file:
1. (Optional) If using an existing empty text frame, select the frame. If
inserting text into a populated text frame, click for an insertion point
(or select a portion of text to be replaced).