To edit a placed graphic in the default application on your computer, hold Option/Alt and double-click on the graphic in InDesign. If you don’t want to use the default application, right-click on the graphic in InDesign and choose Edit With from the contextual menu.
Also, you don’t have to be viewing a graphic in the layout to open it with another application. You can right-click on the graphic in the Links panel and choose Edit Original or Edit With.
This article was last modified on March 4, 2023
This article was first published on December 24, 2018
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