Adobe InDesign Import accuracy

[PioPio]

Hello,

I have to purchase a book layout template from a third part made in InDesign format. The idea is to import it in AP, make my amendments (add the text) and print the book but before purchasing AP (or install the trial) I would like to have an idea of how accurate the import in AP will be compared to the original in InDesign format.

Based on your experience, how accurate and close to the original the AP import from InDesign is? Besides making sure the InDesgn file I receive is in IDML format, Is there anything I have to consider ? Any pitfalls ?

Please don't take anything for granted because I am a newbie.

 

Many thanks

Alberto

Edited September 6, 2020 by PioPio

[jmwellborn]

On 9/6/2020 at 6:21 AM, PioPio said:

Hello,

I have to purchase a book layout template from a third part made in InDesign format. The idea is to import it in AP, make my amendments (add the text) and print the book but before purchasing AP (or install the trial) I would like to have an idea of how accurate the import in AP will be compared to the original in InDesign format.

Based on your experience, how accurate and close to the original the AP import from InDesign is? Besides making sure the InDesgn file I receive is in IDML format, Is there anything I have to consider ? Any pitfalls ?

Please don't take anything for granted because I am a newbie.

 

Many thanks

Alberto

Welcome to the forums, PioPio!   The only things I have discovered that need correcting after Opening an IDML file from InDesign are 1) a very occasional error in text frame linking (usually involving a placed image), 2) very occasional text wrap errors which I correct by moving the offending image outside the canvas then moving it back in and clicking on the Publisher text wrap icons, and 3) an universal inability to import InDesign text tracking values if they are anything other than the default value.  Whether that is a function of the InDesign export to IDML, or the Affinity opening of the document I do not know.   If you find that your text is not appearing on the exact pages it did in InDesign, you can use the Character Panel, and adjust your tracking until it looks the same.  (I have one book that I wrote using InDesign with a tracking value which I now must adjust with a -20% tracking throughout.    Bit of a pain, but so worth the effort!)

Hope this may help.🙂