InDesign Reader

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December 4, 2013
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Is there an InDesign reader available? Or can an InDesign file be read in Adobe? If yes, how can you open an inDesign file in Adobe to view it?

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Peter Spier

Community Expert

The reader for InDesign files is InDesign (or possibly InCopy), but you can export to PDF to share a non-editable file with virtually anyone sinc Adobe Reader is free.

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HellaGramsAuthor

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Need to share InDesign files - would like to eliminate having to save AND share in both formats. Too much potential for error! I could not find the reader to download.

John Mensinger

Community Expert

HellaGrams wrote:
Need to share InDesign files - would like to eliminate having to save AND share in both formats. Too much potential for error! I could not find the reader to download.

Sorry, but I don't follow.

Unless the person(s) with whom you're sharing files has InDesign, there is no point in sharing native InDesign files, so why would you have to share both formats?

It's a very common workflow that actually protects content and reduces probability of errors. Save in InDesign (as indd.), export to PDF, and deploy (share). The native InDesign file (live editable content) stays in your sole control, and the less accessible PDF serves as a high-fidelity vehicle for many modes of sharing.

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