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Need to merge multiple InDesign files into one InDesign file

Community Beginner ,
Sep 09, 2024 Sep 09, 2024

I have about 15 mostly single page indd files that I need to merge into one InDesign file so I can run a script to change page size. Anyone know how to do it? Book option doesn't work. 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 09, 2024 Sep 09, 2024

Drag pages from the page panel to the other document.

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 09, 2024 Sep 09, 2024

I should have specifiec. I'm looking for better way than to individually drag pages. I know how to do that. 

 

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LEGEND ,
Sep 09, 2024 Sep 09, 2024
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I should have specifiec. I'm looking for better way than to individually drag pages. I know how to do that. 

 

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For 15 pages it's not so much time consuming. 

 

Do you have to do this more often? 

 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 09, 2024 Sep 09, 2024

Open up the documents and use the Pages panel's Move menu to move the pages from one document to another. I would create a "master" file that is a copy of one of the others. That way, if something messes up, you can start over.

 

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Valorous Hero ,
Sep 10, 2024 Sep 10, 2024

Check out the Merge files script by Michael Zaichenko.

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New Here ,
Sep 24, 2025 Sep 24, 2025

Good script. However, it split all the document text frames!

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New Here ,
Sep 24, 2025 Sep 24, 2025

To merge multiple INDD files into one InDesign file, open a new or base document, then go to File > Import > InDesign Document (or use the Page > Insert Pages script if available). Unfortunately, InDesign doesn't natively support importing INDD files directly, so a common workaround is to export each file as PDF, then place the PDFs into a new document, or use a free script like "MergeDocs.jsx" or "MultiPageImporter" to automate bringing in the pages. This way, you can apply your page size script across all pages in a single file.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 24, 2025 Sep 24, 2025
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That is utter nonsense. While I'm not big fan of it, InDesign can most certainly import other INDD files.

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