How can I convert 75 Illustrator pages into InDesign?

I'm working on a rulebook for a boardgame. Each page has vector art and text blocks intermixed to explain the rule mechanics. It now exists as 75 individual Illustrator files that need to be combined into a single PDF document.
Obstacle 1: Illustrator doesn't have enough space for 75 artboards
Obstacle 2: Using copy-paste to put each into InDesign doesn't work: Each line of text becomes an individual text block (and therefore uneditable).
Obstacle 3: Using the Place function loads each page as a uneditable picture. I'd have to open each individual page in Illustrator to make a change.
Background: The rulebook was created in a ten-year-old version of Macromedia Freehand, which will not work on my new iMac. Converting it to illustrator resulted in 75 individual .ai files
Is there a way to allow more space in Illustrator to hold more artboards? Can two exported .pdf files be merged together (so the rulebook could be done with two or more .ai files)? Or do I have to start all over in InDesign?
Is it just me, or are InDesign and Illustrator two halves of a single program, but don't work together? There has to be a way for the latest in two Adobe software titles to accomplish what Freehand could do ten years ago with just one program.

Illustrator and InDesign have completely different file formats because they were developed independently by different teams and for different users. Their way of handling text is also completely different. That's why they don't exchange data as well as you would like.
You could only copy small vector objects from Illustrator to InDesign, and it wouldn't retain their position so that wouldn't be practical. Formatted text can not be copied between the applications.
I would use the Place command. When you need to edit a page use the Edit Original command. You can Option/Alt-double-click on the placed AI file and it will open in Illustrator for you to make your changes. Save the changes and they will be automatically updated in InDesign.
Otherwise, you will have to recreate the entire project from scratch in InDesign.

Similar Messages

How can i convert 3d movie into 2d to watch it in mac

i have a movie with mkv file playable on vlc how can i convert the movie into 2d

There are now a bunch of them out there. Do a Google search for "mac 3D conversion" They tend to be around $35. I have been using iSkysoft products, which have been fairly easy to use. They have a "iMedia Converter Deluxe for Mac" that besides the 3D to 2D conversion, will also convert video to 70+ formats, has a 1-Click Video Downloader, and a single click Rip DVD and Burn to DVDs feature. Also claims to be "Ultrafast" all for the same price others apps are that only do the conversion.

How can I convert iWeb page to html with NO javascript for email campaign?

I have a holiday greeting I made in iWeb '09 for my business. The service I'm using to use to manage my mailing list wants me to strip all javascript code from the page so it is not seen as spam when it is emailed.
How can I convert the page made in iWeb to an html page with no javascript?
Thanks

How can I convert the page made in iWeb to an html page with no javascript?
You cannot. There will be nothing left. iWeb pages rely a lot on JavaScript.
Use a template from Mail.app. Or create such template. These are simple TABLES and have no JavaScript in it.
Do Cmd-Shift-G in the finder and type :
/Library/Application Support/Apple/Mail/Stationery/Apple/Contents/Resources/
Open one of the folders and open each successive folder until you see files like Picnic.mailstationery.
Right-click to show the package content.
Then navigate thru Contents, Resources until you see the files and images you need.
Edit them to your hearts content.
Double-click the file Picnic.mailstationery and it will open in Mail.app for further processing.

How can I convert DVD- video into Apple's format so that it can be played and streamed from my Mac?

How can I convert DVD- video into Apple's format so that I can play the content on my Mac and also stream it to my Apple TV? A few years ago, I transferred all of my home videos onto DVD but now would really like to put these onto my Mac and stream them through Apple TV to watch on the "big screen". Any advice would be most welcome!! Thanks

MPEG Streamclip.
Apple do not have their "own" format. You need to convert your DVDs to H.264 though.

How can I convert a pages color document to a PDF Black and White doc.

How can I convert a pages color document to a PDF Black and White doc. Or, covert the color to B&W in a new doc?

> How can I convert a pages color document to a PDF Black and White doc. Or, covert the color to B&W in a new doc?
The general idea is that you colour correct photographs once, archive, and convert with or without colour changes. The archived photograph is unchanged - or we would be colour correcting the same photographs again and again and again.
If you have a photograph with a corrected exposure, you can open the photograph in the Apple ColorSync Utility, apply a colour space conversion to a grayscale appearance using the preinstalled ICC profile, save the photograph under another name, and place that in your pagination.
If you have a paginated document with corrected exposures, and any such non-scalable bitmap or scalable spline graphics as you have chosen to add, you can render the pagination as a whole to PDF through the same ICC profile, carrying out the same colour space conversion on any and all objects.
Caveat: If you intend the pagination for certain processes, in particular offset lithography, then you are probably expected not to render the type to grayscale, but rather to render it to single ink solid black. No software can determine what printing process you intend, you have to understand a bit about printing, and how to set up general colour space conversions in software. Ask your prepress provider, and if the answer is not prompt and proficient, pick another provider.
/hh

HT4059 How can I convert a pdf into an ibook?

How can I convert a pdf into an ibook? I've got a host of PDF's that I'd like to bring into the software but need a quick and simple tool to pull them through. Any ideas?

In the help of Acrobat look for Form.

How can i convert my pdf into excel

How can I convert my pdf into excel, the tutorial shows a "content converter" option under the tools section but I do not have that option. I have Acrobat Pro v11.

With Acrobat XI Pro use this click-path:
File - Save As Other - Spreadsheet -
Then select the option desired.
Be well...

How can I convert a layer into a smart object with Adobe Photoshop Elements 10?

How can I convert a layer into a smart object with Adobe Photoshop Elements 10?

That feature is only in PS. Elements as you buy it has only limited support for smart objects. If you use File>Place to add something to your image it will come in as a smart object (within the limits to which PSE understands smart layers). However, if you know someone who can write an action for you in PS you can install it in PSE, or you could look into something like elements+ from simplephotoshop.com.

How can i convert my song into .mr4 for making it my ringtone, just renaming it is not working?

how can i convert my song into .mr4 for making it my ringtone, just renaming it is not working?

Here's how:
If you are using Windows, make sure you are able to view the file extension.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/865219
1. Select a title (.mp3 or .m4a) in your iTunes Music Library
2. Do File > Get Info on selected title (Windows do Edit > Get Info)
3. In the dialog choose Options tab
4. Set Start Time and End Time (no more than 35 secs otherwise won't work)
5. Close dialog.
6. Now control click the title (right click) and choose Create AAC Version
Note: If you don't have Create AAC version, switch in menu File > Preferences...(Windows do Edit > Preferences...) > General > Import Settings... > Import Using: AAC Encoder.
7. When it is done, drag the newly create title to the desktop.
8. Delete the newly create title in iTunes. <-- This step is important
9. Rename the title on your desktop from ringtone.m4a to ringtone.m4r
10. Drag and drop it into iTunes
Now you have a ringtone.
Make sure it is selected in iTunes > Tones for syncing with your new iPhone.

How can I convert a Pages document into PDF or RTF?

I have been asked to send a Pages document to PC users in RTF or PDF format. How can I get my Pages document to convert into other formats for PC people?
Is that what the export feature is supposed to do? I just don't know how to sent my document via e-mail to non-Apple conputers!

You didn’t indicate whether you are using Pages ’09 v4.+ or the latest Pages v5(.2) release. To send an email with either Word or PDF attachment from within Pages:
Pages ’09 v4+
Pages menubar > Share (category Send via Mail) > (select Word (.doc) or PDF). Mail will launch into a compose window with the document already attached.
Pages v5+
Pages toolbar > Share > Send a Copy > Email > (select Word (.doc/x) or PDF - best). Mail will behave as above.
Note: Either version of Pages is not an MS Word clone and it must translate content into the Microsoft document architecture. If you must have maximum Word document accuracy, you will need Office for Mac 2011, and the associated MS Word application that produces native .docx format.
Backup your work.

How can I re-insert pages into a PDF?

Hi- it will become obvious that I am new to Illustrator (Creative Cloud 2014 on a Mac, for what it's worth). I am editing a brochure and when I opened the PDF with Illustrator I was asked to select a particular page on which to work. Now that I have done that it saved as a separate page- how can I insert it back into the brochure format? As it stands now I have the old brochure in its entirety, and an edited, single page separately.
Thank you in advance.

If you have Acrobat Pro, you can replace the previous page with the new page and then, resave the new .pdf. It is a simple swap.

How can i convert JMS TextMessage into a String

Please tell me,How can i convert A JMS TextMessage into a String

http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/jms/TextMessage.html#getText()

How can I convert a String into an int?

I need to use command-line args. So I enter "java Main 123" and I want to use 123 not as a String but as an int.
How can I convert it into an int?
Thank You!!
Sprocket

Example method (you don't need to use a method unless you do this a lot)
private int stringTOInt (String aString)
int result = 0;
try
result = Integer.parseString(aString);
catch (Exception ex)
System.out.println ("Failed to convert string " + aString + " to int.");
return result;
}

How can I convert web page to PDF? When I upgraded to 4, it does not work.

Since I upgraded to firefox 4 I can not convert web page to PDF, before there was a place in the upper left corner that said convert to PDF. If there is not a way to do this in 4 then how can I go back to the old firefox. If I can't I guess I will just uninstall FireFox.

Moved to Creating, Editing & Exporting PDFs

How can you convert a BufferedImage into a RenderedImage?

I'm using the Histogram class and I'm wondering how I can easily convert my BufferedImage into a RenderedImage so that I can use this class.
Of course, if I can use my BufferedImage object with the Histogram class, please let me know =D.

If you have Acrobat 11, you'd select: File > Save As Other > Image
and select one of the available image formats.

How can I convert scanned docs into reconizable text?

I have a very large PDF file of scanned documents the content of which is mostly text. How can I convert this into recognizable text so I could do a word search that would reveal results like a web search (speed wise)?

Can the OCR apps convert preexisting PDF files on
your system to text or do you have to scan directly
into the OCR program at the time you do the original
scan?
You don't have to scan again. OCR apps can read from graphics files. If the OCR you pick can't use PDF, you can use Preview, or another application (e.g. Graphics Converter), to convert to a file format that the OCR can handle. All OCR apps should be able to handle TIFF. OmniPage Pro X can read both TIFF and PDF, but I wouldn't recommend it. It is overpriced, has no support, and is tricky to install on any OSX more recent than 10.1

How can I convert 75 Illustrator pages into InDesign?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for