Opening PDF file in InDesign

I'm new to InDesign and most Adobe programs but I need some help with a document. The organization I work for created a 2010 publication and changes will be made for the 2012 version. I only have it in a PDF format and the person that help create this publication before told me that a PDF document you created can be opened with InDesign to make changes. I'm not sure what file format it has to be to to open it but everytime I try to open it in InDesign it keeps saying that the file format is not supported. Not sure what I'm supposed to do. Please help.
Thanks

You cannot open a pdf document directly in Indesign, you need to place it on an Indesign document. For this you can create a new indesign document and use the place option from the "File" menu to place the pdf on to the document.
Moreover i don't think there is any way you can edit the contents of the pdf from within the Indesign.
Manan Joshi
www.metadesignsolutions.com

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