You can convert Adobe InDesign to your chosen desktop publishing (DTP) application on macOS, using automated file conversion and other features in Markzware’s IDMarkz app. Read more about it and see the video, below:
Markzware creates technologies and develops preview, preflight, and file conversion software for printers, publishers, graphic designers, creative professionals, and the like. Markzware’s IDMarkz is a multi-featured application that processes Adobe InDesign files, for use in numerous file formats, on the macOS platform.
IDMarkz can help you to open InDesign files, in many applications and image formats. Watch this video, for further explanation:
InDesign Preview, Export and Conversion with IDMarkz – NEW (video)
How to Open an InDesign File in Acrobat (PDF), Illustrator (.ai), or an earlier version of InDesign:
• Drag & drop your files onto the IDMarkz window, in the “Drag and drop files here” section.
• Click on the icon for the desired file format, in the top of the IDMarkz window.
How to Open an InDesign File in Affinity Publisher:
• Drag & drop your files onto the IDMarkz window, in the “Drag and drop files here” section.
• With Affinity Publisher loaded, click on the “Publisher” icon in the top of the IDMarkz window.
• Click the “Open” button in the “PDF Options” window opened by Publisher, which will assign a profile.
How to Open an InDesign File in QuarkXPress:
To convert InDesign (as IDML) and open in QuarkXPress 2018 or higher:
• Drag & drop your files onto the IDMarkz window, in the “Drag and drop files here” section.
• Click on the “Quark” icon in the top of the IDMarkz window.
• Click the “OK” button in the “IDML Import” dialog, which QuarkXPress opens. QuarkXPress will convert the IDML file to QuarkXPress, and the editable file opens in QuarkXPress.
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File Conversion Automation
IDMarkz can be set up, to completely automate the process of converting .indd files and opening them in the user’s chosen DTP application. Do you work in Affinity Publisher, QuarkXPress, or InDesign CS6? Then, you can set up Markzware‘s IDMarkz, so that you can double click an InDesign file and, within a few seconds, IDMarkz will convert and open it in Publisher. After setup, all you have to do is double-click the file in Finder.
IDMarkz Benefits
• quickly processes InDesign files on a Mac
• offers ease-of-use in a versatile, multi-purpose app
• saves money on Creative Cloud subscriptions
“Ushered Me into Publisher!
So excited to have my InDesign CS6 files converted to IDML and Publisher. IDMarkz has saved me so much money, time, and energy. Thank you so much for making this product that works perfectly.”
– Larry Bear, IDMarkz reviewer
IDMarkz Features Include:
• Open InDesign files in earlier InDesign versions or in QuarkXPress, Affinity Publisher, Acrobat, Illustrator, and more.
• Open InDesign files in Acrobat and Annotate the PDF.
• Preview InDesign files & export .indd files as IDML, PDF, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, or GIF.
To Buy IDMarkz:
You can use automation features to export an IDML file and open it in a selected application, today! Buy Markzware’s low-cost IDMarkz Mac Subscription (which includes IDMarkz updates throughout your 12-month subscription term) via the IDMarkz page.
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How to Convert InDesign to DTP Apps: macOS Automated File Conversion
