PDF to Indesign Converter

Hello:  I need to convert a PDF document to Indesign.  How do I do that?  I've tried looking it up online but have been unsuccessful.
Please advise.
Thank you.
Sara

Hello Sara -
I represent Recosoft, the makers of PDF2ID. PDF2ID supports InDesign CS4 through CC. You can visit our web site at http://www.recosoft.com and obtain a trial of PDF2ID. We also have some excellent video tutorials available on Youtube (I've included one link below). We have excellent recommendations by InDesign Secrets. PDF2ID v4.0 recently received a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating in the April 2014 Photoshop Users Magazine.

Similar Messages

  • How do I open a pdf in inDesign CC?

    how do I open a pdf in inDesign CC?
    Thanks!

    Lulu_Malaysia wrote:
    Why after so many years, Indesign still couldn't open an PDF????
    I really need this function!
    Hopefully Adobe couldn't solve this problem in future version!
    PDFs are designed to be a FInal file format. They are never intended to be edited in anyway.
    Adobe don't support this function for many reasons.
    InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop or any other Adobe product is not a multi-purpose PDF editor and you shouldn't be opening a PDF in Illustrator or Photoshop unless that PDF was specifically made with those programs.
    To open a PDF in InDesign you need specialist software as mentioned above.
    The correct workflow is to edit the existing InDesign document.
    If you don't have that original InDesign document, then you need to recreate it from the start.
    If you don't want to do that - then you need to buy the software that Converts the PDF to InDesign.

  • Why does black turn grey when creating a pdf from InDesign CS5??

    Why do blacks turn to grey when I create/export a pdf from InDesign CS5?

    Unfortunately, things like this are rarely glitchy little programming errors but deep, by-design, problems with using colour management. Usually you are getting exactly what you asked for, just not what you want, and the more colour management options there are, the more likely this is.
    There are many possible causes, but one of the easiest to do is and hardest to spot is applying a CMYK profile in InDesign export, and a different one through Photoshop settings. This is actually demanding that colours be converted for the worst! Since your print workflow will be different, a work-around of rich black is likely to make things worse.
    So the first thing to check is whether the colours you indended made it to the PDF, indeed. Output Preview is the first tool to use (as well as inspecting plates, you can hover over points to check the colour mix).
    Also, go to your PDF export under the "Output" tab which includes colour and PDF/X. Either send a screen shot, or read off all of the the settings there.

  • How do I create a descent PDF in InDesign?

        Im creating a 2 page PDF in InDesign. When I convert it as 'smallest file size' the images come out really poor quality but when i save it in 'press quality' or any other format the file size is huge - way too big to email.
    I need to get a small file sized PDF that shows good quality images when viewed. Help!
    So you know I am importing the images in from Photoshop.

    Your requirements are contradictory. You cannot have a combination of large images and a small PDF. Choose a realistic target; you mention "e-mailing", so you don't need "press quality" (*). Downsample your images to a screen resolution -- 120 dpi is fine, as long as your readers don't zoom in too much.
    (*) Unless you need press quality. Then use it, and don't use e-mail to send the file around.

  • Black outlines around images in pdfs from Indesign

    I'm not sure if this is an Indesign problem or Acrobat. I have imported several photoshop files in which I have deleted the background around the figures. The background is transparent. When I make a pdf from Indesign, there is a black outline that appears, tracing the edge of the figures. Does anyone know what might cause this and how to fix. I have imported this kind of file many times with no problems.

    Check if they're RGB in PS. I had this problem recently when exporting to PDF. It didn't show in ID file but showed in PDF. I converted to CMYK, relinked, and exported new PDF and the problem went away.

  • Export to PDF- Colour Setting-------Convert to Destination Issue

    Have recently synchronized all colour management in adobe CS, after creating new output destination profiles for printing press. All seems well and good when photoshop files are in an kept in RGB with original source profiles. They convert to destination CMYK profile successfully.
    However if any of the images are in CMYK with a profile embedded, the end PDF does not convert these to new profile.
    According to the info that appears in pop up info when you hang cursor over 'Convert to Destination(Preserve numbers' on the export options for PDF, it says that any image with a profile will be converted to destination.  This does not seem to be happening, its almost as if the image has not got a profile attached, in which case it should then preserve numbers. I went back to double check file to see if this was the case, but the profile is definitely embedded. The only thing that rings slight alarm bells is that i the link info  for profile in Indesign, it says NA (Not Applicable).
    Can some prepress work flow expert and colour management guru please help.

    Doh!!! I am about to answer my own question, I have resolved this issue.
    In my colour settings in indesign  in the CMYK box in the Colour Management Policies
    I had 'Preserve Numbers (Ignore linked profiles)' checked. I have now changed this to 'Preserve embedded'
    I get it now! I was afraid to use preserve embedded in case it did not change on the destination. It seems it does. I got the terminology the wrong way round.  I hope this has helped somebody else other than me.
    Thanks all!!

  • Unable to create PDF/A with PDF from InDesign

    Hello,
    I'm trying to create PDF/A document from InDesign CS4 with Adobe Acrobat 9.
    I create my PDF from InDesign (I create a tagged PDF).
    For each document create from InDesign, I receive this message from the Preeflight "Convert to PDF/A (sRGB)" of Acrobat.
    PDF document is not compliant with PDF/A-1a (2005)
    - Structured PDF : Type entry in a structure element not "StructElem"
    - Structured PDF : Type entry missing
    Thank for your help.
    Cyril.

    Hi graffiti,
    let me clarify my question. Indesign doesn't export to PDF/A1a.
    Acrobat has to convert a tagged PDF 1.5 document generated by indesign to PDF/A1a.
    If anyone could explain the errors to me:
    - Structured PDF : Type entry in a structure element not "StructElem"
    - Structured PDF : Type entry missing
    ...this would also be greatly appreciated so i can narrow my search.
    Since you guys are the PDF experts and Acrobat does the conversion i believe this forum is the place to find answers.
    (Also the problem has already been presented on the indesign-forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/1959226#1959226 where the advise was to pose the question here)

  • Creating folios for iphone using a pdf-to-indesign script

    Hello, i need to convert all my magazines to iphone format. Someone can help me with the script using pdf-to-indesign for IPHONE? Or an alternate solution to convert all my magazines (1024 x 768) to Iphone (480 x 320)? Thanks a lot!!

    Working with Derek directly did the trick!
    The difficulty with the script is that it requires everything to be in "alphabetical order." What that means is that when you split the files in Acrobat into individual PDFs, everything needs to be in "alphabetical order" and Acrobat does not do that the way this script requires.
    So Acrobat gives me 1_ISSUE24.pdf, 2_ISSUE24.pdf and if I had 9 pages, that wouldn't be an issue. But I had over 200 pages for a specific issue and when you get to page 10, you're no longer working in alphabetical order if the single page numbers don't have a 0 in front of them.
    So if you have up to 99 pages, make sure every page with a single page number has a 0 in front of it, e.g. 01_ISUEE24.PDF
    If you have up to 999 pages, make sure every page with a single page and double page number has two 0's in front it., e.g. 001_ISSUE24.PDF
    Unless there's a program out there that will automatically put 0s in front of filenames for you, you have to do this manually, which is slightly time consuming. FAR LESS time consuming, however; than re-sizing everything yourself and doing this the old fashioned way with cut and paste, etc. etc. etc.
    So the script is extremely helpful, it's free - you just have to have your page numbers numbered correctly.
    Thank you, Derek, for your time and your help.

  • Colors change when saving to PDF from InDesign

    I admittedly don't understand color handling, no matter how much I seem to read about it. Lately my files that I've been exporting to PDF from Indesign have looked slightly different and odd to me once they're converted to PDF. Sometimes the colors are dull, sometimes the drop shadows are a weird grey... Here's the latest example. Perhaps someone has some wisdom for me here...
    I created this poster in Illustrator. Here's how it looks in Illustrator:
    Then I went into Indesign and linked the file. (this is strange...) When I display the file with "typical display", it displays as such:
    That looks pretty good... But when I set the display to "high quality display", I get this:
    This is also the result I get when I open the exported file in Adobe Acrobat Pro. Why the color change?
    Any ideas?
    Thanks!

    Thanks, Will...
    So, upon investigating, I realized that my color space in Illustrator was RGB... Damn... I must have overlooked that... When I convert (in Illustrator) to CMYK, I get those strange colors again.
    When I export to PDF, the Output is "no color conversion", so it's not being converted to CMYK yet...
    Plus, I just linked the AI files in Indesign when I placed them in there.
    So, Indesign must be converting the file to CMYK? And that's why the colors change once I convert to PDF? What do you think?
    Also, I used InDesign to place the files so that I could create a 2-page pdf easily that the printer could work with. I had a 4-up handbills page in there that I was planning on printing as well.
    So, if this looks best in RGB, what do you think about me sending an RGB file to the printer and then printing it that way? I've been told that RGB is no good for printing, but I've also read otherwise as well...
    Thanks again!!

  • Performance, minimum bandwidth, thumbnail previews for PDF and InDesign Files with web content viewer

    Hi,
    We are considering using DPS with a web content viewer for large PDFs and/or InDesign files. The client using a web viewer might have very limited bandwidth (some as low as 256Kbps). We ask:
    1 - How well does the web viewer perform with very large PDFs and InDesign files  (500 MB+) with limited bandwidth? Does the file stream in chunks and the PDF shows as soon as the first page or two are available, with the rest loading in the background, or does the entire file come down in one part and then shown?
    2 - Can PDF and InDesign files support thumbnail previews? For example, one image per PDF page and user can scroll forward and back.
    Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated.
    Thanks!
    -Stephen

    Hi Stephen,
    The way the web viewer works is that it converts the PDF/InDesign files to PNGs along with additional HTML assets. Assets are downloaded as they’re ready for a given page (e.g. first, page 1 is filled with its assets as they become available, then page 2, etc), so a reader wouldn’t need to wait for the entire article to load. The next few pages are also loaded in the background, so the reader wouldn’t be likely to notice lag as they flipped through pages to the next page after reading the current one. So the lag will depend on the size of an individual page.
    For your question around thumbnails, the web viewer does not load a preview image so the reader would need to wait for the assets I described above to load.
    Hope this helps...
    Brian

  • When I convert a document from wordperfect to PDF it only converts the 1st page and ignores the othe

    When I convert my wordperfect document to PDF it only converts the 1st page and does not even show the other pages.  This is a new development because in the past it has converted all pages. 

    Hi KP122,
    Is it document specific or occurs with all the documents.
    What is the extension of the word perfect documents?
    You can convert the following File types to PDF
    Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX)
    Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX)
    Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX)
    Microsoft Publisher (PUB)
    text (TXT)
    Rich Text Format (RTF)
    Adobe PostScript® (PS)
    Adobe InDesign (INDD)
    image (bitmap, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG)
    OpenOffice and StarOffice presentation, spreadsheet, graphic, and document files (ODT, ODP, ODS, ODG, ODF, SXW, SXI, SXC, SXD, STW).
    To convert a file type not listed above, use Adobe CreatePDF Desktop Printer.

  • InDesign converting legacy spot colours

    Hi there,
    I have been supplied a pdf that contains the spot colour Pantone Yellow C. The PDF properties says that it was created in InDesign CC and I have no reason to doubt this. For our own internal prepress  workflow I need to bring the PDF back into InDesign CC and make another PDF. When I do this the spot colour appears in InDesign swatches palette as a Lab Spot colour. Now I know this is down to the introduction of Pantone+ libraries since CS6 but I do not want to print the spot colour, I want to convert it to CMYK. The Pantone Plus book states that this colour should have the breakdown 0%C 1%M 100%Y 0%K however InDesign CC converts this colour to 2%C 9%M 100%Y 0%K which is quite a difference and gives quite a brown tinge through our ISO proofing device. I then forced the PDF open in Illustrator CC and the swatch appears as a CMYK Spot with the correct pantone breakdown. So my first question is why if Illustrator and InDesign CC are using the same Pantone+ libraries do they both interpret the colour differently?
    Hopefully you're still with me on this as it has been melting my brain. My next test was to place the supplied PDF into InDesign CS4, when I did this the spot colour came in as a CMYK spot with the correct breakdown. So my last test was to create a new CS4 document and add the swatch colour to my document. I then opened that document in CC and what do you know it preserved the colour as a CMYK spot.
    The nature of our business means that we have to bring supplied PDFs back into CC to produce a new PDF but my concern is that will now be incorrectly converting spot colours to the wrong values.
    I know you may say go back to the client and ask them to convert the colour but this is not always practical and we may receive multiple PDFs from different design agencies.
    If you have any input/solution I would greatly appreciate your feedback.
    Many Thanks,
    Nik

    Hi Rob,
    that InDesign document is great. I've just knocked up a quick script to get the values and write them to a csv file. The reason I want a csv file is so I can embed this in my script and just use grep to find a colour and get it's cmyk values.
    set cmykSpotFile to POSIX path of ((path to desktop as string) & "Spot_to_CMYK.csv")
    tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"
      set spot_list to every color of active document whose model is spot
      repeat with thisSpot in spot_list
      set colourName to name of thisSpot
      set colourValues to color value of thisSpot
      my updateList(colourValues, colourName, cmykSpotFile)
      end repeat
    end tell
    on updateList(colourValues, colourName, cmykSpotFile)
      set the beginning of colourValues to colourName
      set recordString to ""
      repeat with thisItem in colourValues
      set recordString to recordString & thisItem & ","
      end repeat
      set recordString to text 1 thru -2 of recordString
      do shell script "echo " & quoted form of recordString & " >> " & quoted form of cmykSpotFile
    end updateList
    Many Thanks,
    Nik

  • PDF to InDesign script for FOLIOs

    I have a number of back issues in which I wish to convert to digital using DPS. So I found this script that will save me weeks worth of work.
    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/digitalpublishingsuite/articles/dps-pdf-to-indesign.html
    I am working with a 112 page magazine + cover.
    When I limit the magazine down to 8 pages, this script works like a charm.
    However, whenever I work with anything beyond 8 pages, the page orders go completely out of whack, the script doesn't import some pages and it's a mess.
    I tried to reply to post a comment on this page, as others have done, to get in touch with the programmers who help people like me, but the page keeps saying sign in to post a comment - and I am already signed in and it won't let me post anything, no matter what browser I'm using.
    I'm hoping someone can help me here.
    Thanks.

    Working with Derek directly did the trick!
    The difficulty with the script is that it requires everything to be in "alphabetical order." What that means is that when you split the files in Acrobat into individual PDFs, everything needs to be in "alphabetical order" and Acrobat does not do that the way this script requires.
    So Acrobat gives me 1_ISSUE24.pdf, 2_ISSUE24.pdf and if I had 9 pages, that wouldn't be an issue. But I had over 200 pages for a specific issue and when you get to page 10, you're no longer working in alphabetical order if the single page numbers don't have a 0 in front of them.
    So if you have up to 99 pages, make sure every page with a single page number has a 0 in front of it, e.g. 01_ISUEE24.PDF
    If you have up to 999 pages, make sure every page with a single page and double page number has two 0's in front it., e.g. 001_ISSUE24.PDF
    Unless there's a program out there that will automatically put 0s in front of filenames for you, you have to do this manually, which is slightly time consuming. FAR LESS time consuming, however; than re-sizing everything yourself and doing this the old fashioned way with cut and paste, etc. etc. etc.
    So the script is extremely helpful, it's free - you just have to have your page numbers numbered correctly.
    Thank you, Derek, for your time and your help.

  • Just subscribed to pdf to xls converter; can't get it to work

    Just subscribed to pdf to xls converter but cannot use it.  Just keep getting the log in page

    HI,
    Thank you for your subscription.
    Please try to log in at https://cloud.acrobat.com with your Adobe ID and password and let me know if you still cannot log in.
    Thank you.
    Hisami

  • All my pdf files were converted to adobe. How do I change them back?

    All my pdf files were converted to adobe. How do I change them back?

    Hi Jerome Winn,
    Please follow the steps mentioned in the link below and check the workflow.
    http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/application-file-icons-change-acrobat.html
    Regards,
    Anand

Maybe you are looking for