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Convert PDF to INDD

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC can edit PDF's read images and text, and it is possible to edit, so why is this function not available in Adobe Indesign? Indesign has more control and the only feature that will needed to be added is detecting strokes/filled objects converting filled lines or shapes to one to the other.

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Partially Completed  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded  · 

Convert PDF to InDesign (beta) feature is available in InDesign 20.3 Release in English (North America) and English (International) languages.


More details on this feature are available at https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/convert-pdf-to-indesign-file.html


When a PDF is opened in this release of InDesign, an option to submit your feedback on the conversion is shown. Please let us know your feedback.


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  • George Salnik commented  ·   ·  Report

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

  • Pistle Jumbo commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Bheka commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Christopher commented  ·   ·  Report

    I found a very good and cheap solution on PDF to INDD Converter | Fast, reliable & cheap | pdfheroes.com — you can upload your files there and get all ressources and .INDD files back within 24 hours. It worked very well for me.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Calamus SL, which is no longer supported, could open PDF files and edit them years ago. So it’s a shame InDesign can’t do it.

  • Aditya Sinha commented  ·   ·  Report

    Even in 2020 people are asking for this feature. Adobe even that voted up volume is low, it will be a super rich feature to have.

  • Michael W. Perry, writer and editor commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree that this is a much needed feature. After all, Adobe/Aldus invented PDF. Adobe products should work with PDFs in both directions. I have a host of books with their PDFs done in Framemaker before Adobe killed its Mac version. I'd love to be able to bring them into InDesign to create new versions.

  • Ken Maynard commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed... the ">> PDF2DTP already offers this feature... Couldn't be easier!" option is yet another diversion from a feature that should be easy enough to implement since Adobe does, afterall, own the underlying technology for Acrobat and InDesign.

  • George Salnik commented  ·   ·  Report

    >> PDF2DTP already offers this feature... Couldn't be easier!
    No, David - it couldn't. Did you see a price? Did you try it this on complex publications?
    It better to use Serif Affinity for such tasks now. Nevermind - we need native feature, not a toys like a payment plugins.

  • Pu commented  ·   ·  Report

    you can do this illustrator. But you will find it's a ******* mess, depending on how that pdf was created.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Guys, it's so useful to enable this option.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    come on Adobe isn't it about time you created the ability to covert PDF directly into Indesign and it be editable instead of us all having to buy an external add in, one we can ill afford! Why are you taking so long?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Quark can already do this by importing pdfs as native objects.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm here in 2019 any progress yet?? this seems like a must even if its a separate app on the creative cloud and not implemented into Indeign..

    Has anyone even got another solution other than paying £200 for a plugin

  • Petru Strimbeanu commented  ·   ·  Report

    Tryed yesterday the PDF2ID plugin. My InDesign started to work very slow, converted one simple PDF, a chart, about 2 minutes. So, for me, it's not usable. Voted for this request, I think it's a must have.
    We need a way ti import some vector graphics as a native InDesign format.

  • Raphael Vaxelaire commented  ·   ·  Report

    I support that! Make it possible to import an EDITABLE pdf doc in InDesign! Thank you in advance!

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