What does everyone else do that has switched from InDesign to Publisher do?

[Attroll]

I am sorry if this question has been asked before. I looked and could not find a definite answer.
If this question does not belong in this forum, please direct me to the correct place for it or the answer.

I finally purchased Affinity Publisher 2.
I have been using Adobe products for the past nine years or more. I needed to get away from them. They have issues with their software that they refuse to fix, and the prices are outrageous.

I am starting to use Publisher 2 not and am slowly weening myself off InDesign.
However, before I cancel my Adobe subscription, I need to have all my ducks in a row.

I have been using Adobe InDesign for about nine years and I have published many articles and books over those years.

I don’t want to cancel my Adobe subscription and not be able to access or open my old InDesign files (indd) in the future, if for some reason I may need to. From what I have read, once you cancel your Adobe subscription, your files cannot be accessed or opened any longer. They become worthless. I would still like to be able to access my old InDesign files in case I want to update them or modify them in the future.

What has everyone else done that has switched from InDesign to Publisher 2 done?
Is there any way to open an InDesign file in Publisher 2 and resave it as a Published 2 file?
Thank you ahead of time.

Rick

[MikeTO]

Hi @Attroll and welcome to the forums.

Option 1: Convert all of your INDD files to IDML which Affinity Publisher can open

Option 2: Buy IDMarkz to convert your files to Publisher or other formats: https://markzware.com/products/idmarkz/ - there is a one-time purchase option - I haven't used IDMarkz myself but they've been around for a long time

Option 3: Export all of your files to PDF which Publisher can open, but I don't recommend this for long documents

Cheers

[thomaso]

Option 1.1.: Use a script to batch convert all your INDD into IDML or PDF, … for instance:

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/batch_convert.html

https://gist.github.com/Sieboldianus/dbde439bfd71a6d64fb074ac850b212b
 

7 hours ago, Attroll said:

From what I have read, once you cancel your Adobe subscription, your files cannot be accessed or opened any longer. They become worthless.

Not really worthless, ... isn't it possible anymore to subscribe ID for a short period only, e.g. one month?

7 hours ago, Attroll said:

They have issues with their software that they refuse to fix

Just to avoid confusion: Affinity is not error-free either and has had certain bugs for years.

[PaoloT]

You should batch-convert your InDesign files to IDML, as stated in the excellent advices here above.

I would also suggest to look one step forward, and consider what to do if you need to share your Publisher files with some InDesign users (that will be around for still some time). Publisher can't export in any interchange format, so you will not be able to share your files without asking the receivers to rebuild them from scratch.

So, if you plan to have your work reused, keep this issue in mind.

Paolo

 

[Attroll]

Thank you everyone for your feedback.
So far, I have tried saving it in InDesign as an IDML file and opening it in Affinity Publisher.
It brought everything over, but it did not put the master pages as master pages. It made them part of each spread.
It also did not carry over the Paragraph Styles and Table on Contents correctly.

MikeTO, I will give IDMarkz a try later and see if that does a better convert.

Thomaso, I will also give the batch convert a try also.

PaoloT, I haver consider this. Currently I don’t share with anyone, but that could change in the future. I just can’t afford to keep paying Adobe’s monthly price fees, that is why I am looking into this using Publisher full time.