Convert InDesign document to Word

I am looking for a tool to covert an InDesign document to Word without losing the formatting....any suggestions?

If you simply want to retain the formatting of a story, choose File > Export > RTF and open in Word.
If you actually want to retain the layout of InDesign, the best choice will cost you a little bit of money. I haven't used it, but it's the best available: ID2Office from Recosoft:
http://www.recosoft.com/products/id2office

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Hi
Im hoping someone can help me - I have made a masthead and a footer in indesign and now want to convert them to a word document. i have tried PDFing them and then cutting the image and pasting it as a footer but it goes all blurry and is unusable. Is there a way to use load an indesign a4 file in word?
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You just want use this as an image without editable text in Word?
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Hi,
Thank you for your subscription.
Have you verified your Email address? Adobe sent you an email "Welcome to Adobe" in Subject after you signed up for our service so please verify your Email address first from the link in the Email.
How to export your PDF files to Word files:
Using Web UI:
Log into https://exportpdf.acrobat.com/signin.html with your Adobe ID and password
Select “Export from PDF”
Click “Select Files” button then choose your PDF file
Select the format from the list below
Check ON “Recognized text in” if your PDF file is scanned images to recognize the image to text
Click “Export” button
Click “Download” button in the progress bar after completion of exporting to download the file to your computer.
Using Adobe Reader:
Launch Adobe Reader X or Reader XI
Select “Tools” and click “Sign In” link to sign in with your Adobe ID and password
Select “Export PDF” then click “Select PDF file” link
Click “Convert”
Click “Download Converted File” link to download the file to your computer after the process is completed.
Note: All exported files are stored at https://files.acrobat.com.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.
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Hi gartroy1943,
To Convert a PDF to Word, you will need Adobe Acrobat ...
Please download 30 days Trial of adobe acrobat from below link : http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=acrobat_pro&loc=us
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or You can also use Adobe Export PDF Service ... Please see the details on the below link : https://www.acrobat.com/exportpdf/en_GB/convert-pdf-to-word.html

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