PDF to InDesign conversion plug-in.

“PDF2ID has been the go-to plug-in that has allowed many our customers convert thousands of PDFs to editable Adobe InDesign files ever since 2007.”

P. Chadha, MD, Recosoft Corporation

What’s New

Support for InDesign Creative Cloud 2018

PDF2ID 2018 now supports and integrates with InDesign CC 2018. InDesign CC through CC 2017 are supported as well.
Support for macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and APFS volumes

PDF2ID 2018 has been enhanced to operate under macOS High Sierra. APFS disks and volumes are also completely supported.
Table recognition enhancements

PDF2ID 2018 includes an enhanced table recognition core dramatically improving table identification in PDF files.
Automatic conversion of Images with transparency to PNG

Images with transparency masks are now directly converted to PNG format allowing for the transparency effect to appear in the converted InDesign file.
PDF2ID architecture enhancements

Architectural enhancements have been made to PDF2ID enhancing startup and shutdown of PDF2ID operations resulting in faster InDesign startup/shutdown operations.

Integration with InDesign CS6

PDF2ID has been enhanced to operate and function with InDesign CS6. InDesign CS4, CS5 and CS5.5 are supported as well.
XPS File Conversion

PDF2ID now recognizes and processes Windows XPS files. XPS files are now converted to fully formatted and editable InDesign files.
Hybrid 32/64-bit PDF/XPS v6.0 engine

PDF2ID v3.5 now uses a hybrid 32/64-bit PDF/XPS v6.0 engine. The conversion core is 64-bit savvy and ready.
Enhanced Image conversion support

The image conversion options have been enhanced so that Lab/Grayscale/Indexed Color images without color profiles can now be converted to a specific format independently of RGB/CMYK images.
Layout Reconstruction Core Enhancement

The layout reconstruction core has been thoroughly enhanced dramatically improving the fidelity of the conversion. In particular Table formation, Complex Vector Graphics to image conversion, Paragraph Formation, Frames reduction, Graphics processing and many other areas have been completely enhanced.
Enhanced Character and Paragraph Style generation

The Character and Paragraph style generation mechanism has been enhanced effectively reducing the number of Paragraph and Character styles being created by about 20%.