The web page for Xara Designer Pro mentions Indesign (.indd) files but I haven't found a place where I can access .indd files. Can someone enlighten me on where it is found in Xara Designer Pro?
Thanks
According to the specifications it is an idml file - InDesign Markup Language - that the program can open.
John EB
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Just to add to @johnebaker comment.
An INDD file is a professional page layout project created with Adobe InDesign. It includes page formatting information, page content, linked files, styles, and swatches. INDD files are commonly used for creating and formatting books, magazines, newspapers, flyers, and brochures.
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I actually have InDesign 5.5, but Indesign is starting to become unstable under Windows 10, I have had to hack it to keep it running. If you look at the image that I posted, a snapshot from the XARA Designer Pro website, it mentions ".indd" not ".idml" (which I was aware of). Mentioning ".indd" files, not ".idml", implies that the Designer Pro can do something with ".indd" files. If Designer Pro can't use ".indd" files, the website should say ".idml" files or just "InDesign Files" with no file extension mentioned.
I discovered this information, I don't know if it sheds any light or helps you.
NEW InDesign Import (BETA) (Designer Pro X only)
Designer Pro 17 introduces the first beta version of an InDesign document importer. This does not yet support import of all InDesign features, so most documents will need to be manually corrected in Designer Pro after import.
IDML files only
InDesign designs can be saved in either INDD files (.indd file extension) or IDML files (.idml file extension).
In common with most other applications that import InDesign files, Designer only supports IDML files. Any InDesign document can be saved as an IDML file from InDesign.
Linked files
Some InDesign files link to external image files, instead of having the images embedded within the .idml file. Designer will handle these as long as it can find them, so if you move or make copies of the .idml file, make sure any linked image files are moved/copied with it.
The .indd file format is proprietary to Adobe. They have never released details of the format so no other software can read those files natively.
Exporting from InDesign in .idml format is the only way that non-Adobe software can access the file data.
Jeff
I know about the import from .idml files but the Xara Design Pro X (https://www.magix.com/us/photo-graphic/xara-designer-pro/new-features/) says "Complete format freedom is here! Import & export more than 70 file formations using Xara Designer Pro. Most recently, even from InDesign (.indd). Furthermore, HTML export and SVG import has been improved." The website implies Designer Pro X imports from .indd file format or am I reading too much into this statement on the website (i don't think I am).
Hi
. . . . The website implies Designer Pro X imports from .indd file format or am I reading too much into this statement on the website . . . .
Go by what the specification page says ie idml, specs are usually written by a development team.
John EB
At first, I was wondering if Designer Pro X could load, because I tried to load a .INDD file and Designer Pro X didn't like the file format. I thought maybe there was some menu item in some obscure menu location that had an "Import .INDD file", but I have come to the conclusion that it doesn't exist. Rather I have come to the conclusion it is just false advertising. The statement "Most recently, even from InDesign (.indd)" is just not true. This statement should state "Most recently, even from InDesign (.idml)." There is a difference, InDesign 5.5 can not read the newer subscription version of the.INDD files and it crashes if it tries to read .IDML files created by the Subscription Version (oddly it works for Indesign 5.0). So I have some .INDD and .IDML files generated by the Subscription Version of InDesign that I would like to read without having to use InDesgin 5.0 or hacked version of InDesgin 5.5 to get it to read the .IDML files (I am a Programmer, low level stuff, I fixed the bug). Each time I reinstall Windows 10, I have to reload InDesign 5.0 and 5.5 or just 5.5 and redo the hack. Maybe I can use Designer Pro X instead of InDesign 5.0 to do the .IDML import but the subscription version .INDD files will require me to download a trial version of InDesign and export the file to .IDML.
I just wanted a way to avoid all the workarounds, and at some point, InDesgin 5.5 may just stop work with the next Windows 10 update and all my .INDD files are toast. I'll have to have a VM with an older version of Windows on it to run InDesign (goodbye 40 GB of disk space). May it is a good thing I didn't ask about importing Corel Ventura files (I hacked Corel Ventura too run on Windows 10 too).