Maintain formatting for text when pasting into PS?

nfable · Aug 30, 2009, 10:40 AM

Hi, I do layout in PS for brochures for a theatre company and every one I lay out has biographies of people in it who all have Book Credits or Play Credits and I would like to know how to paste text from a document the client sends me that has the correct italics and bold into PS... like a paste and match style; maybe I'm a retard but I could not solve this... not the end of the world; but I have to pour over hundreds of words and visually match the text which opens the door for errors on my end and slows down the finalising layout.

Any tips?

Rt&Dzine · Aug 30, 2009, 11:22 AM

I use text very minimally in Photoshop, so someone else will have to answer about that. I don't think Photoshop has paragraph and character styles, but I could be wrong. It would be a lot easier to use a layout program like InDesign or Quark. Pages (part of iWork) might also work but I've never used it.

LeviG · Aug 30, 2009, 01:41 PM

photoshop doesn't do copy and paste with styles as far as I know.

You can set the styles in the character and paragraph (I think its called that) panels.

I agree with Rt&Dzinee about indesign/quark being better suited to this part of the process

theNIC · Aug 30, 2009, 03:09 PM

Just go to Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object or something like that and it will maintain its style.

jrahn · Aug 30, 2009, 09:57 PM

Indesign is the correct application to be using, quark as well... if you are into that sort of thing. Photoshop is alright for doing text manipulation in a pinch, even illustrator is better than photoshop for text. All the output files should be from a layout program though, you'll want to properly preflight everything and your printer will thank you later.

bntz313 · Aug 30, 2009, 11:42 PM

use illustrator!

Aug 30, 2009, 10:40 AM	#1
nfable macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2007	Maintain formatting for text when pasting into PS? Hi, I do layout in PS for brochures for a theatre company and every one I lay out has biographies of people in it who all have Book Credits or Play Credits and I would like to know how to paste text from a document the client sends me that has the correct italics and bold into PS... like a paste and match style; maybe I'm a retard but I could not solve this... not the end of the world; but I have to pour over hundreds of words and visually match the text which opens the door for errors on my end and slows down the finalising layout. Any tips?

Aug 30, 2009, 11:22 AM	#2
Rt&Dzine macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 12 across	I use text very minimally in Photoshop, so someone else will have to answer about that. I don't think Photoshop has paragraph and character styles, but I could be wrong. It would be a lot easier to use a layout program like InDesign or Quark. Pages (part of iWork) might also work but I've never used it. __________________ This isn't my handwriting

Aug 30, 2009, 09:57 PM	#5
jrahn macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2009	Indesign is the correct application to be using, quark as well... if you are into that sort of thing. Photoshop is alright for doing text manipulation in a pinch, even illustrator is better than photoshop for text. All the output files should be from a layout program though, you'll want to properly preflight everything and your printer will thank you later. __________________ Mac Classic–17'' imac 1.83 1tb ex.—30gb ipod—32gb 3GS

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bntz313 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2007	use illustrator! __________________ Aluminum Macbook 2.0ghz 4gb ram Mac Pro Quad 2.8ghz--6gb ram--2 20" ACD's--Portfolio

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Aug 30, 2009, 01:41 PM	#3
LeviG macrumors 65816 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Norfolk, UK	photoshop doesn't do copy and paste with styles as far as I know. You can set the styles in the character and paragraph (I think its called that) panels. I agree with Rt&Dzinee about indesign/quark being better suited to this part of the process

Aug 30, 2009, 03:09 PM	#4
theNIC macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2009	Just go to Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object or something like that and it will maintain its style.