InDesign--Importing XL?

[Ally]

I'm trying to bring in an XL sheet into InDesign. Is this even possible? Or how do I go about doing this?

I appreciate any help!

[rickself]

I'm trying to bring in an XL sheet into InDesign. Is this even possible? Or how do I go about doing this?

I appreciate any help!
PDF from Excel would work...oh, but do you want to edit? Maybe Excel will export as rtf?

[idaho]

Are you using ID2 or CS?

[Ally]

I'm using InDesign CS

[downy]

InDesign CS should let you place native Excel files. Just do a File > Place and choose your file. Make sure the “Show Import Options” box is checked when you select your file -- a box will pop up to let you choose which sheet you want to import, whether you want to import it as a formatted table, unformatted table, or tabbed text, etc.

I used InDesign to place dozens of sheets of sports stats into media guides, and it was very reliable. Much nicer than exporting as rtf and messing with tabs in Quark.

[Ally]

Ok it did let me...BUT it changed the whole format of the text (size,font,etc) and even the spacing between the cells.

[downy]

See whether there's a difference if you import it as a formatted table. That usually preserves most of the type attributes, but I do like to tweak the cell spacing after importing. But if you don't need to make ANY changes to it, then you can just make a PDF from Excel and place it into InDesign, right?

[Ally]

it doesnt give me the option to save as PDF from excel :/

[Neuro]

Do you have acrobat? If so you can print to a PDF.

[PrintDriver]

Print to Postscript then distill a pdf...

[Henigin]

I'm importing an excel file into indesign, but when it comes in it's creating a new cell in the column for each hard return. This happens even when I select formatted table.

Can anyone help me with this?

[rickself]

Check the Help menu at the right end of the menu bar. Search for "import excel" and it lists a whole mess of options.