Placing an .ai into InDesign:

I want to import (command "file>place" an .ai file to indesign. I can do it, but the frame changes: it is not A4, as in illustrator was. Indesign import a frame containing exclusively the figures, drawing, etc. In other words, i cannot place the entire artwork (A4, A2, or whatever) in indesign.
Any idea?
Thank you very much

Try using File>Object>Expand on a copy of the original before making the PDF for placing.

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>Web screenshots are good enough quality to place them in any Microsoft Office product, even when enlarged to view with a beamer on a wall, they can still look sharp...
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