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Interactive PDF into an InDesign file

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    • March 5, 2010 at 5:16 pm #55085
      Anonymous
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      Is it possible to place an interactive PDF into an InDesign file and keep its integrity when re-exported? Also is there a way to make a placed PDF searchable within InDesign?

      Thanks,

      JoDee

    • March 6, 2010 at 6:56 am #55087
      Theunis De Jong
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      Neither.

      A placed PDF is treated as an image by InDesign — all of its hyperlinks and booksmarks etc. are discarded (not to mention page transitions — what should happen with these?).

      Since a PDF is an image, you cannot search for text inside of it.

      (Good news is, if you Export your ID doc to a new PDF, that one is fully searchable — in Acrobat, that is.)

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