Select the image in InDesign and go to the Link panel. This would be different vs if you just wanted to showcase an entire table or spreadsheet. Place in InDesign one of the images you are going to link (the image should be in the folder where you will store the images for the data merge, but it’s not mandatory). You could use data merge for inserting rows of data into your layout as templated variable text/images as different records. I think data merge while powerful, is more associated with multiple records of data. If it's anything like relinking other assets, hopefully the data will update easily if you re-import the table with the same dimensions (someone correct me if I'm wrong). I haven't tried it before, but I'm guessing you'd want to have your table/cell/paragraph styles setup first. You would have to export from Google sheets as a compatible file, then import into InDesign.

Under Preferences > File Handling > Create Links when placing text and spreadsheet files. Your authors and editors are no longer “frozen out” once layout begins.If you're looking to import tables directly as a linked file, you should be able to do so in InDesign. So you can format, layout, and edit in InDesign, while your authors and editors continue creating and editing story content together in real time using Google Docs documents, all without ever losing work.

The Pro version provides a two-way link so you can push your InDesign story changes back to Google Docs.

More importantly, DocsFlow maintains a dynamic link so it can intelligently merge Google Docs changes into the InDesign story contents on each link update, rather than just replacing the story. (You can also place by dragging and dropping files from Google Drive.) DocsFlow, a plug-in for InDesign, for the first time combines the collaborative editing power of Google Docs with the layout power of InDesign, adding its own dynamic linking and sophisticated merge technologies to supercharge your editorial and production workflows.ĭocsFlow Place menuWith DocsFlow, you place online Google Docs documents (including tables and graphics) and spreadsheets (Pro version) as InDesign story contents, just like normal text or spreadsheet files. Emsoftwares Docs Flow system is a plugin for Indesign that allows the designer to import Google Doc or Google Sheet items from their Google Drive folder.

Google sheets to indesign