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How can I open Indesign (indd) images in Publisher or Photo?


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15 minutes ago, gumbo23 said:

I've tried a couple of free converters but both gave error messages.

Which free converters did you try, and what error messages did you get?

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1 minute ago, Alfred said:

Which free converters did you try, and what error messages did you get?

I started here: https://fixthephoto.com/indd-file.html

Convertio says: 1144865107_Screenshot2020-12-28at12_55_57.png.9e59030d4d228190dd7a6d197133c31d.png

Online Covert says: 

Conversion Error

Unfortunately we can not convert your file yet from your source file format to this target file format. Please take a look at our FAQ.

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3 minutes ago, gumbo23 said:

It is PNG that I need to convert to.

A two-stage process is obviously best avoided, but at least if you have a PDF file you can export it to PNG (from Affinity Photo or elsewhere).

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1 minute ago, gumbo23 said:

Using XnConvert the error message says: "Not a picture"

The mystery deepens

I'm not sure there is a mystery. Why do you expect to be able to convert inDD to PNG? It seems rather an unexpected conversion, to me. And, apparently, to the developers of the conversion services, too.

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3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I'm not sure there is a mystery. Why do you expect to be able to convert inDD to PNG? It seems rather an unexpected conversion, to me. And, apparently, to the developers of the conversion services, too.

Evidently I wandered into this realm cluelessly. Having never used InDesign I assumed that if someone says 'here is an image', that it is indeed an image. I have gone back to the sender to look for a solution.

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It would be best to work.from HD PDF from those INDD files.

At least you would be sure about the end visual. Converters can be tricky and give erronous results.

And a PDF can easily be.openend by Affinity apps.

In ID, you can have like in APub, linked or embedded images, and it can be tricky to retrieve those last ones. Some times, bugged files won't display the links to linked files in the link panel, and it's difficult.to correct.

Having HD PDF and all the images used in the file (exported in a folder called "links") would help you.

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1 hour ago, Fixx said:

You think this works?

Can't tell I don't use InDesign and don't have any INDD files thus never tried, but that's what they suggerate there, that PDFElement can convert those files!

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