Access indesign file text

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
March 24, 2024
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I don't want to ever do business with Adobe ever again due to sketchy billing practices, and better products on the market (blubeam and blender): I cancelled my subscription. Is there a way that I can import the text of the file into notepad? Are there any programs capable of importing the indesign file formats, from this awful company (that I also happen to be a shareholder in)?

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Peter Spier

Community Expert

if indesign is stilll working on your machine you can also open the file, put your cursor in any story and choose File > Export and choose from RTF or plain text.

rob day

Community Expert

Hi @Andrew2483599322mk , You can Export your documents to PDF and then export the text from AcrobatPro or Reader:

Frans v.d. Geest

Community Expert

Very complicated, just export the stories as RTF, why go this PDF-route...?

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

It's not clear whether the OP has a working version of InDesign. If s/he does, yes, export to RTF is the simple option. But they also asked for an alternative, which is why I pointed them to Affinity.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

I think you're looking for Affinity Publisher.

Like the others you mention, it's quite... "different." "Better" is, well, subjective.

Just for future reference, it's wise to check that there's a pool below before you jump off the balcony. (And to make a note of the exact day the trial period ends. Those can sneak up on you.) 🙂

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