Word <-> InCopy roundtripping page breaks?

hello, clever people.

 

for years, organization has been producing 300-500 page courses in microsoft word, using indesign course covers.  might guess, content team looks pretty rough pulling out hair , weeping 8 hours day.  we've convinced director indesign , incopy might way go, in trial version downloaded, we're having trouble roundtripping between indesign , word.

 

word incopy/indesign breeze, of course.  however, our course authors have make updates courses every 2 or 3 years, need word file can re-import incopy/indesign without having reformat.  paragraph styles work fine, figured out bit, page , frame breaks stripped out in rtf.  suggestions?

 

and no, can't use incopy everywhere.  we've got fluxuating roster of 20+ course authors (cha-ching!), , convinced 1 guy switch word perfect microsoft word last year.  we're still trying train them work locked, track changes files.  changing way work isn't of option, it's got on our end.  these people geniuses in fields, challenged in technology department.

 

we'd love able editing , layout exclusively in indesign/incopy, please, suggestions?  thanks!

it's possible if create style (or variations of existing styles) include break attribute.

 

for example, if want subheads start @ top of column, edit subhead style that. (in keep options pane of style options dialog box, choose in next column start paragraph: menu.)

 

if subheads can appear in running copy, when force new column (or new frame or page), add break before subhead, create 2 styles: subhead , subhead-newcolumn. train staff stop using hidden characters force breaks (the ones type > insert break menu) , use styles instead.

 

even if word interprets column break page break (it does), when pour ic or id, attribute reasserts properly, , paragraph starts in next column, in example.

 

in word, if writer wants heading start @ top of page or column or whatever (not sure if they're ones calling shots here or not), you'll need teach them, too, not use insert > page break command, instead apply style comes along ride in rtf file.

 

as long open rtf files in word , save out rtf file, workflow should work. tried on here in few cases , worked great. work you?

 

am

 

ps here's screen shot of panel in style options. on fly local formatting, control panel menu > keep options dialog box, styles more stable imo.

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