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bfrankphoto
Inspiring
March 24, 2017
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Place InDesign spread in another InDesign Document

  • March 24, 2017
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In the back of our magazines, there are pages called "resources" where spreads of different stories and where to find out items detailed in that story. Right now, I am having to export all those stories as a spread PDF. Which also means I need to do that every time there is a change. Is there a way to place InDesign files as spreads into another InDesign document? I saw a similar question was asked about eight years ago, but nothing really useful was said.

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    Correct answer Willi Adelberger

    No, you can only place pages of InDesign documents.

    But take care, if you place PDFs that those are PDF/X-4 regardles of the requirements for the printer of the final output.

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    Willi Adelberger
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    Willi AdelbergerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 24, 2017

    No, you can only place pages of InDesign documents.

    But take care, if you place PDFs that those are PDF/X-4 regardles of the requirements for the printer of the final output.

    bfrankphoto
    Inspiring
    March 24, 2017

    Bummer

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 24, 2017

    If you export the PDF and just overwrite the old file you can simply update the link in the InDesign layout.