InDesign

Export text

You can save all or part of an InDesign story in file formats that you can open later in other applications. Each story in a document exports to a separate document.

InDesign can export text in several file formats, which are listed in the Export dialog box. The formats listed are used by other applications, and they may retain many of the type specifications, indents, and tabs set in your document.

You can save sections of commonly used text and page layout items as snippets.

  1. Using the Type tool , click in the story you want to export.
  2. Choose File > Export.
  3. Specify a name and location for the exported story, and select a text file format under Save as Type (Windows) or Format (Mac OS).

    If you don’t see a listing for your word-processing application, you might need to save the document in a format the application can import, such as RTF. If your word-processing application doesn’t support any other InDesign export formats, use a text-only format. Note, however, that exporting in text-only format removes all character attributes from the text.

    To retain all formatting, use the Adobe InDesign Tagged Text export filter. For more information, see the Tagged Text PDF on the InDesign CS3 DVD.

  4. Click Save to export the story in the format you’ve selected.