InDesign2026
API 21.5.1.73
Object

WordRTFImportPreference

Word RTF import preferences.

Preference ›WordRTFImportPreference
Hierarchy

Application

WordRTFImportPreference

Properties

NameType AccessDescription
Boolean read/write If true, bullets and numbers will be converted to embedded characters during import. If false, bullets and numbers will be rendered by InDesign.
ConvertPageBreaks
read/write The option for handling manual page breaks.
ConvertTablesOptions
read/write The policy for converting tables whose formatting has been removed. Note: Valid when remove formatting is true.
EventListeners<EventListener> readonly A collection of event listeners.
Events<Event> readonly A collection of events.
Boolean read/write If true, imports endnotes as static text. Else live endnotes
Boolean read/write If true, imports endnotes.
Boolean read/write If true, imports footnotes.
Boolean read/write If true, imports the index.
Boolean read/write If true, imports the table of contents.
Boolean read/write If true, imports unused styles.
Boolean readonly Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
Application readonly The parent of the WordRTFImportPreference (a Application).
Boolean read/write If true, preserves inline graphics.
Boolean read/write If true, maintains character formatting in text whose formatting has been removed. Note: Valid when remove formatting is true.
Boolean read/write If true, preserves comments and edits in the imported file.
Object read/write A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
Boolean read/write If true, removes text and table formatting.
ResolveStyleClash
read/write The option for handling style name conflicts.
ResolveStyleClash
read/write The option for resolving conflicts that arise when paragraph styles have matching names.
Boolean read/write If true, convert straight quotes and apostrophes in the imported text to typographic quotation marks and apostrophes.

Methods

→ EventListener

Adds an event listener.

eventType String The event type.
handler File | JavaScriptFunction The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures? Boolean This parameter is obsolete.
→ WordRTFImportPreference[]

Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

→ Boolean

Removes the event listener.

eventType String The registered event type.
handler File | JavaScriptFunction The registered event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures? Boolean This parameter is obsolete.
→ String

Generates a string which, if executed, will return the WordRTFImportPreference.

→ String

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of 4

Properties elsewhere that hold a WordRTFImportPreference.

Return 1

Methods that return a WordRTFImportPreference.