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I'm using Excel and Adobe InDesign to merge a variable data job and need to insert special characters into my PDF. How can I do this without creating a merged document and typesetting these characters in by hand?

First, make sure you're working with a CSV file and not an Excel Workbook, then convert all the cells without numbers to plain text formatting by right-clicking, selecting "Format Cell," and choosing "Text." You can also create custom cells for elements such as digit-based codes, but plain text should …