# Imported text

EasyCatalog can import various types of formatted text, ensuring a seamless integration with your design projects. Some of the supported formats include Rich Text Format (RTF), InDesign Tagged Text, and files created in Microsoft Word. This feature is particularly useful when dealing with pre-existing content that needs to be directly placed within your InDesign layout.

By setting the field type to `Imported Text`, users can either import the content from an external file or directly from the content of a specific field in your database. This ability significantly streamlines the workflow, allowing for a more efficient and organized process when handling complex data entries in your design projects.

EasyCatalog supports all of the text import types provided by InDesign.

{% hint style="danger" %}
Fields of type `Imported Text` will not be updated as part of the `Update Panel` operation.
{% endhint %}

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### Field content

If the contents of the field already contains the formatted content you want to place, select the `Field Content` radio button.

### Externally Referenced

If the field contains the name of a file to import, or a full path to a file, select the `Externally Referenced` radio button.

* **If the field contains a full path to the file to import**, no further information is required in the `Folder` and `Extension` fields.
* **If the field contains only the filename of the file to import**, specify the folder that contains the file in the `Folder` text box.
* **If the content of the field does not contain the file extension**, specify the file extension in the `Extension` text box.


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