How to Transfer a Publisher to InDesign 2016

When working with documents that originated in Adobe InDesign, you may need to transfer them to Affinity Publisher for further editing or design work. This article will guide you through the steps involved in transferring a publisher to InDesign 2016.

To start the transfer process, open your Affinity Publisher document and select 'File' > 'Import' from the menu bar. In the Import dialog box, navigate to the location of the IDML file (InDesign Markup Language) that you want to import. Select the file and click on the 'Open' button.

Once you've imported the IDML file, you'll be prompted to choose the document color space for the PDF contents. You can select from a range of options, including CMYK and RGB, depending on your design requirements.

Another important step in the transfer process is choosing how to handle missing resources. Missing resources include fonts that are unavailable or placed content that cannot be found. Affinity Publisher will display a red question mark at the position where the missing content should be located, prompting you to take action. You can choose to relink the missing resource to an IDML file, locate it one at a time, or skip it altogether.

In addition to handling missing resources, Affinity Publisher also honors certain features of IDML files upon import. These features include text variables, aside from page numbering, which are converted to text, and picture frame properties.

When importing InDesign documents into Affinity Publisher, the document's dpi setting is decided based on the highest dpi setting of all linked or embedded raster resources in the original file. If no raster resources are present, the document will be set to 300 dpi for CMYK documents or 72 dpi for RGB documents.

Affinity Publisher can also import Microsoft Word documents saved in DOCX format and InDesign files saved in IDML format, which is available in InDesign CS4 and later versions. Additionally, you can add content from InDesign and Microsoft Word using copy and paste.

To merge multiple IDML or PDF files into a single document in Affinity Publisher, go to 'Document' > 'Add Pages from File' from the menu bar. Keep in mind that importing documents in Affinity Publisher is a one-way process, meaning you cannot overwrite the original file once it has been imported.

By following these steps and understanding how to transfer a publisher to InDesign 2016, you'll be able to easily import and edit your designs in Affinity Publisher.

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