![]() Since we generally prefer doing the formating in InDesign, we’d choose Unformatted Table. ![]() We’ll focus on Table options: If you select Formatted Table, InDesign tries to preserve the same formatting used in Excel. Find your Excel spreadsheet and you will be presented with InDesign’s Microsoft Excel Import Options. Placing an Excel document in InDesign is as easy as choosing File > Place. Step 2: Place the Excel document into InDesign. Tip: For our example, we created a custom word-search puzzle using a create your own word-search website we discovered. Since her copywriter does not own (or want to learn) Adobe Indesign, she builds the monthly puzzle using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. In the workflow our client has established, an outside copywriter organizes the actual word-search puzzle. ![]() Step 1: Organize the Word Puzzle in Excel. Yet as we dig a little below the surface this fun project demonstrates InDesign’s ability to place Excel spreadsheets as a table - which can be pretty handy for many types of information-heavy design projects. One of our clients recently called for some coaching in how to create word-search puzzles for a monthly magazine she designs. At first glance, this week’s creative tip may seem a little frivolous.
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