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datap6156868
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November 20, 2019
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How to retrieve the lost InDesign file from PDF?

  • November 20, 2019
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I have a PDF file created from Indesign 14.0 but i lost the source InDesign file. Is there anyway to retrieve that InDesign file from PDF?

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hammer0909
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hammer0909Community Expert
Community Expert
November 20, 2019

PDF2ID by Recosoft or PDF2DTP by Markzware are two great products that will convert a PDF to a native InDesign file.

Steve Werner
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Steve WernerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 20, 2019

Keep in mind that all these methods are trying to reconstruct the original InDesign document, to varying success depending on the complexity of the content. THEY DO NOT GIVE YOU YOUR ORIGINAL BACK. The only way to do that is to do a backup as Bob suggested above and restore the backup.

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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November 20, 2019

Open the PDF in Acrobat, save as Word, place in a new InDesign document and get back to work.

Next time work in a Dropbox or Onedrive folder where you can easily recover deleted documents.

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datap6156868Author
Inspiring
November 20, 2019

Thanks for your suggestion let me try.

Derek Cross
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Derek CrossCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 20, 2019

Recosoft produce a plugin that may help, but it's not free: https://www.recosoft.com/products/pdf2id/

 

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    datap6156868Author
    Inspiring
    November 20, 2019

    Thanks for your suggestion. 

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    CHMprepress
    Inspiring
    November 20, 2019

    Don't think that is possible

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