PageMaker 7 closes down when importing text. 2

[Nicole12000]

Currently using Windows XP on PC creating new publication in PageMaker 7.0. Go to import word document (File/Place) once select correct text file by either clicking once and hitting open or double clicking, PageMaker 7.0 and explorer window shut down. Collegues are experiencing the same on their PC's.

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, Nicole,

See this page in the PageMaker Support KnowledgeBase:
Error or Freeze When Placing a Microsoft Word File into PageMaker 6.5x or Later for Windows.

Also, from the Adobeforums PM Win FAQs:

It is well known that copy/pasting Word docs directly into PM will cause problems, particularly when style names clash.

You can only 'import' the text from a Word document - no graphics, no backgrounds.

To get the graphics from the Word document into PM:

If you have a graphic in a Word document you want to put into your PM doc, and depending on whether it is a vector (e.g. WMF) or raster (e.g. JPG) export it from Corel Draw as an EPS or TIFF respectively. This method will retain all the pixel data that was in the original graphic, where pasting into Photoshop/Illustrator or PM itself will not.

To get the text from the Word document:

1. Save it as a TXT file, then place it into PM. Unlink the TXT file from the PM doc via the Links Manager.

2. Save the text from Word as rich text format (.RTF) then use File>Place to get it into PM. Make sure you immediately delete the link to the Word doc in the Links Manager, otherwise problems next time you open the PM file as it will look for that RTF file - bad news if you have made changes to the text in PM.

Note: Saving in RTF or TXT formats strips out the Word styles. The former however retains all bolding and italicising, the latter does not.

3. Copy and paste the text into a brand new PM doc, highlight all the text and on the Styles palette, click on the [No Style] option. Then recopy the text and paste it into your existing PM doc and apply PMs styles. (Don't save the PM doc where you applied the [No Styles]).

Remember, it is far better to apply styles using PM than to bring in Word styles.

4. When you are in the "Place" dialogue box, try checking "read tags." This will prevent the Word document from importing its own styles into your document.

Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.