PDF2ID recreates the intended construction and layout of the document by forming paragraphs; applying styles; regrouping independent graphic elements; extracting images; creating tables; recovering annotations and other elements automatically. PDF2ID converts every page in a PDF file to an equivalent page in the resulting InDesign document.
PDF2ID also provides options for converting or extracting data from a range of pages in a PDF document. You can extract text or images, or convert the entire document to the InDesign format.
PDF2ID enables recovery and reuse of the contents stored in PDF documents making them available for use by anyone. Since PDF2ID is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign it is not necessary to acquire and install additional PDF editing software and tools, resulting in huge cost savings in both time and expense.
Features Summary
- Open and Convert PDF documents directly in Adobe InDesign CS2/CS3
PDF2ID is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign that enables you to directly open and convert PDF documents with in Adobe InDesign CS2/CS3 and supports both the Macintosh and Windows platforms.
- Specify Conversion Options
PDF2ID provides detailed conversion controls such as converting the entire PDF file; extracting only text; recovering only images and annotations contained in a PDF document allowing fine-tuning the conversion process.
- Familiar Interface
PDF2ID uses the standard Adobe InDesign interface for opening a PDF document- there is no need to learn anything new.
- Quick
PDF2ID converts a PDF file to Adobe InDesign format within seconds.
- Password Protected PDF documents
Convert password-protected PDF documents1.
- Multi-Language/Asian Language Support
Supports English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Western European-language data contained in PDF documents.
*1. The original password is required to open password protected PDF documents.
Scope of Conversion
PDF2ID extracts text to form lines, then groups the lines to make paragraphs; applies text fonts and styles such as bold and underline where possible; regroups independent graphic elements; and creates tables. Furthermore, it performs contextual analytics so that related data are correlated and remain together.
As part of the conversion process, PDF2ID also transforms gradients in a PDF file to an equivalent gradient in InDesign, applies clipping paths to images and sets the appropriate InDesign property. Furthermore, it converts text that is on a path to an equivalent InDesign representation. Finally, transparencies and graphics transformations such as rotations, shearing and scaling are also converted to an equivalent InDesign data type.
PDF2ID has been designed to provide editing flexibility rather than a pure and 100% reconstruction of a PDF file to the InDesign format.
PDF2ID doesn't make InDesign a PDF file-editing tool. PDF2ID doesn't provide round-tripping of a PDF file to an editable InDesign file type. Rather, the primary scope and objective of PDF2ID is to provide a seamless and transparent mechanism for PDF data recovery and reuse within InDesign. To achieve this, PDF2ID does its best to preserve the layout while reconstructing data along with the respective property and elements wherever possible.
Note: Layout reconstruction varies depending on document and may not be 100% accurate. PDF2ID does not support Type 3 fonts and user-defined dictionaries embedded in PDF files. Moreover, PDF2ID does not perform Optical Character Recognition/Analysis. Scanned pages of printouts stored in PDF documents are usually images. PDF2ID therefore treats such data as images. It also does not process PDF forms, graphics filters, 3D data in PDF files, JBIG2 images and certain graphics operations. JPEG2000 images are supported only in the Macintosh version of PDF2ID. Finally, PDF2ID doesn't process externally linked files or embedded fonts.
Adobe and InDesign are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and other countries.
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