Opening A 44 page PDF file in Indesign

Hi Guys
I am trying to open a 44 page PDF file in Indesign but for me reason it will not not allow me to do so. It says that i may be missing a plug in o the pdf may be open elswhere. The pdf is not open so i am assuming that the plug in is missing for ths. Does anyone know a way round this as i will be unable to purchase any plug ins uness of course if they are free.
i look forward to your responces.
Phil

Even with the plugin Bob mentioned, no program will ever truly be able
to open a PDF and get everything out of it that was used to make it. PDF
is an end product, not a universally editable format.
If you want to be able to edit your 44 page PDF, you have three choices:
1) Get the ID source file (or whatever source file) the PDF was made
from. PDFs can be made by any program that can print, so it wasn't
necessarily made in Indesign.
2) Rebuild a source file by using Acrobat to export RTF and graphics
from the PDF. You'll get formatting (not necessarily 100% accurate) but
not styles.
3) Rebuild a source file using PDF2ID. I haven't used PDF2ID, so I can't
vouch for it, but it sounds like it streamlines the process of doing it
yourself. Again, you'll get formatting (and layout, apparently), but it
can't know about the styles that were used to make the original document.
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com

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