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brucen2120498
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April 20, 2020
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MS Publisher into adobe products

  • April 20, 2020
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Do anyone know if there is a plug-in from MS publisher to InDesign or Illustrator?

 

I need native file changes in MS publisher and drive a mac... so nada from MS on this.

 

Thanks,

 

Bruce

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Correct answer Colin Flashman

I agree with Derek's answer. There are one of two solutions I can see but all require a third piece of software. In any instance, the artwork has to be made into a PDF first from the machine the publisher file was made on:

It also won't be an exact replica and will need work. I recommend making a layer in the document that either plug-in creates and use the multipagepdfimporter script to put the PDF into the document so elements from the PDF can be traced or adjusted from a background layer. The script can be found here: https://indesignsecrets.com/zanelli-releases-multipageimporter-for-importing-both-pdf-and-indd-files.php

 

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Colin Flashman
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Colin FlashmanCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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April 21, 2020

I agree with Derek's answer. There are one of two solutions I can see but all require a third piece of software. In any instance, the artwork has to be made into a PDF first from the machine the publisher file was made on:

It also won't be an exact replica and will need work. I recommend making a layer in the document that either plug-in creates and use the multipagepdfimporter script to put the PDF into the document so elements from the PDF can be traced or adjusted from a background layer. The script can be found here: https://indesignsecrets.com/zanelli-releases-multipageimporter-for-importing-both-pdf-and-indd-files.php

 

If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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    April 20, 2020

    No there isn't such a plugin, you could experiment to see if you could create a PDF from publisher and use this third-party plugin to convert from PDF to InDesign:

    https://www.recosoft.com/products/pdf2id/?gclid=CjwKCAjwkPX0BRBKEiwA7THxiJMb0TgkS1WQE60gRJ2iYl6G1PBKpO1h7gDm8z2eSA53H6CBsWlmjBoCRSQQAvD_BwE

     

    brucen2120498
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    April 20, 2020

    Thanks Derek,

     

    Alas I'm going to need to make chages and save out as a native Publisher document... It's a cross platfor thing with my company. Probably have to go to the MS side of things.

    I appreciate your suggestion!

     

    Bruce

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
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    April 20, 2020

    How many changes? I'm a Windows guy with Office 365 so if it's not complicated send me a private message.

     

    If it's involved, we can discuss something mutually beneficial.

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