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Exporting PDF to InDesign

Community Beginner ,
Dec 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2016

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Is there a way to open a PDF as an InDesign document (like one would right click a picture and click "open with PhotoShop")? I am not sure if there is a way to do this without an outside source... I am just looking to see if there is a way to do this. TIA!

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Dec 28, 2016 Dec 28, 2016

There are third party applications and plug-ins for InDesign that purport to convert PDF files into editable InDesign documents. The output of such conversions tends to be only a rough starting point from which you should expect to do significant edits to provide a workable InDesign document.

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Dec 28, 2016 Dec 28, 2016

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InDesign works very well with PDFs, but as uneditable graphics. A PDF page can be placed into InDesign as a graphic (including as a full page) and this is a recommended workflow.  You can't edit but could mask and patch.

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There are third party applications and plug-ins for InDesign that purport to convert PDF files into editable InDesign documents. The output of such conversions tends to be only a rough starting point from which you should expect to do significant edits to provide a workable InDesign document.

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- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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