It doesn't work ;-((

I updated to indesign 19.5 beta but when choose file --open
there are no pdf files to select them

Lots of third party plug ins have been created - why not pick one of them to implement? Here's one from a "illustrator to indesign conversion" youtube search https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypyzFMKVxRE

What Colornet Web says would be very helpful

How about being able to save a PDF with a IDML embedded for editing? Something like Adobe Illustrator does?

Switching to corel, this is nonsense...

Conversion from PDF to InDesign is now available at www.leguptools.com. Conversions cost 25c per page.

Is Markzware plugin Support Arabic language ( Right to left direction ) ??????
I need answering to this question please

We need to Convert PDF to INDD
Now we are in 2023 and this feature is has been "Added to Backlog " since 2018
we already paying so much for the suit, we shouldn't be paying 3rd parties for this feature

I find it amazing that it's been 5 years since the feature has been "Added to Backlog", and in that time, Affinity has developed an entire platform where we can open PDFs as editable layout documents. And yet, Adobe still hasn't managed to do it.

Affinity Publisher isn't perfect in the process of converting a PDF to an editable Publisher document, but it's good enough to be a major feature that is nearly enough reason alone to buy the software.

I am on the production site. Customers often send PDFs. At the moment my solution is affinity, but it should be indesign - not to change programs in the middle of the process.

Affinity Publisher allows to import PDF into Indesign with editable text. Of course it depends on the way the PDF is structured, but it is a really nice feature.
Adobe, wake UP!
Indesign paying customers deserve A LOT MORE for the money the subscription costs!

This feature is significant; for example, when creating in Adobe Express, you can only download it as a PNG, JPEG or PDF, which doesn't give you many options to expand. Still, if I could convert pdfs to INDD, I would be able to make edits while also allowing you to change the file so you can send it to clients who only have access to Microsoft software. It also would save me so much time! Please look into this. I don't want to have to pay for other programs when I want to stay with adobe; it is just earlier.

Please take a look at this, the extensions you can buy are so expensive and should be a built in feature considering most the PDFs have been created in indesign. Thanks

Currently use Markzware plug in but agree to make InDesign fullly functional pdf to idml would be a great feature to have in Indesign

Hey Adobe... Get this one out of the backlog and make it a priority -- it's been in your backlog for almost 3 YEARS!!!

This is such an essential, nonsense need. My creative team could have saved about 4 hours this week had we been able to recover a layout from the PDF generated from the original InDesign source file... after that InDesign file was corrupted.

PLEASE stop sleeping on this one.

Abinav and team, pls let us know when this feature would be taken into consideration...

Is what your backlog says? Are we need to wait some ten years more?

Marketing manager of CPZ media a world famous clipping Path and Photo editing service.

There are few ways to convert a PDF file to INDD (Indesign) file.

Using converter Plugin
2. Create it manually

3. Use Acrobat's OCR on the PDF

4. Manually Recreate

5. Markzware Plug-in

6. Directly Import PDF to InDesign

I suggest you to use the plugin.

We need to Convert PDF to INDD.
PLEASE!!! it is 2020 and we already paying so much for the suit, we shouldn't be paying 3rd parties for this feature.