Import(?) then export pdf's - loss of quality?

Hi-
A complete newbie to printing. I prepared layouts in my database (filemaker pro), exported as pdf. They look great when opened in Acrobat Pro, and print nicely. Now I find out most companies want pdf from In Design or a similar program. If I open pdf's in In design, can I then export them like the printing company wants without any loss of quality? This would all be grayscale, but has a numver of images (it's a book from a specialty dog show).. The layouts are just what I want, with tables that were finicky to get right, and data straight from my database. I would HATE to start over! Any help / ideas would be deeply appreciated!
BTW - there is no way to mimic pdf''s from In Design in Acrobat Pro?
Many thanks in advance.

Interesting question, there's two elements to it, firstly what you assume 'most companies' want and secondly what can Indesign do to help you.
Firstly, all companies are different and have different workflows and requirements.  The simplest thing to do is to send 'the company' your PDFs as you have them now and ask them to make sure they are suitable.  If not, or if this won't work for you move on to the second question...
Secondly, yes, Indesign can do that, and I for one frequently use Indesign for just that purpose, refrying PDFs from multiple sources to a more consistent standard.  It depends on what you are using the PDFs for as to what export settings you use but Indesign is very good at this, with the exception of the greyscale part you mentioned.  Others could offer more detailed advice but you have to use Acrobat Pro to make sure this is working properly and apply fixes as necessary.  Personally if greyscale id needed I use the 'TouchUp Object' tool and a plugin called Pitstop but there are other methods too, let us know your specific problems, if any.
One very useful tool when putting PDFs through Indesign like this is Scott Zanelli's MultiPageImporter, highly recommended for placing more than one page, and sometimes even when placing only one page too!

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