"Place" Feature Not Working in InDesign 2024

[Eta Lyubenova]

Today I downloaded InDesign 2024 and I'm totally new. I want to open PDF file at the program but "Place" is a gray window. No dialogue box comes up. Is not  the newest rounds of updates. 
Pleace help! 😕

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[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Have you created / opened document? 

[Eta Lyubenova]

I want to open PDF file and I found tutorials for the program. That's why I tried directly with File->Place.
Now, I tried to open the file, but InDesign don't recognise my PDF.

[Steve Werner]

If you have created or opened a file, make a screen capture which show what your file looks like when you choose File > Place. Upload in your reply.

[Eta Lyubenova]

I do that, but the file is blurry in that way..

[James Gifford—NitroPress · Accepted solution]

Is to be completely clear, InDesign does not directly open PDF files.

[Eta Lyubenova]

Thank you!

I understood that InDesign can open PDF but with File->Place. 
Can you recommend me a program with which I can do preprinting? 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Thank you!

I understood that InDesign can open PDF but with File->Place. 
Can you recommend me a program with which I can do preprinting? 

By @Eta Lyubenova

Can you be more specific? 

You want to edit this file? 

Extract information? 

[Eta Lyubenova]

Example: I have picture 6 inch in pdf file. I want to print that picture but in one paper A4 to be 4 of that picture. 

Did you understand me? 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Example: I have picture 6 inch in pdf file. I want to print that picture but in one paper A4 to be 4 of that picture. 

Did you understand me? 

By @Eta Lyubenova

Then you need to create a new, blank A4 INDD document, place your page from PDF, resize it 50%, duplicate 3x and arrange in a grid 2x2.

[Eta Lyubenova]

Thank you very much!

[Eugene Tyson · Accepted solution]

You are describing two different functions

File>Open

Open is to open InDesign files, with extensions .indd, indb, and indt file extensions

Place is what you do when you already have a file open by either opening a file - or creating a new file.

Once you have a Page you can then use the

File>Place

And be able to select your PDF to place it. 


 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

You are describing two different functions

File>Open

Open is to open InDesign files, with extensions .indd, indb, and indt file extensions

By @Eugene Tyson

And IDML, INDL. 

[Eugene Tyson]

Yes

[Eta Lyubenova]

Thank you!