Convert PDf to editable Indesign file (Indesign 20.5)

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Dear community,I have Indesign 20.5 and read, that you can open pdf documents in this version now and edit them. Unfortunately every pdf I try to open is greyed out and I can't select the files and I don't know, where the problem is. I tested my own pdf files and they don't work as well. Drag and Drop just inserts the pdf into Indesign as usual. Is there anything in the preferences I need to change?Thank you for your help &#128578;

Mike Witherell · Answer

If you drag a PDF into an InDesign document, it will Place it.

If you drag a PDF into InDesign (while no documents are open) it will convert it.

At best, this gets you about halfway converted into a new InDesign document. There will still be a lot of cleanup and rebuild necessary.

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