Recosoft Corporation, the developer of the PDF2Office family of products, PDF2ID tool for InDesign, cross-platform file-format-conversion solutions and PDF converters, ships PDF2ID Standard v2.0 and PDF2ID Professional v2.0.
PDF2ID v2.0 incorporates more than 200 new features and enhancements and supports InDesign CS4. PDF2ID v2.0 also contains numerous advances in converting a PDF to the InDesign format including automatic frames linking, drop caps identification and drop shadow property generation. Finally, PDF2ID Professional v2.0 contains a high-performance auto-scaling parallel processing core taking advantage of modern multi-processor/multi-core based systems; effectively speeding up PDF conversions between 200-700%.
PDF2ID provides a direct, transparent and effortless process for PDF document data retrieval and reuse within InDesign. PDF2ID utilizes sophisticated computing algorithms and models delivering a highly accurate reconstruction of a PDF to InDesign document format.
PDF2ID has been engineered to provide seamless integration with Adobe InDesign eliminating the necessity to acquire a
nd install additional PDF data recovery tools; resulting in increased workflow automation and providing huge cost savings in both time and expense.
Key New Features
InDesign CS4 support
PDF2ID v2.0 fully integrates and operates with InDesign CS2-CS4
Frames Linking
A logical text frames linking mechanism has been introduced which automatically links text frames that are deemed connected. This allows text to flow from one frame to another, enabling easier selection and editing.
Enhanced PDF to InDesign property support
PDF2ID v2.0 recognizes and applies properties such as drop caps, drop shadows and demarcates paragraphs in table cells. Numerous enhancements have also been made so that clipping paths and transparency applications are even more accurate.
Typeface Library
PDF2ID v2.0 remembers and stores all font substitutions into a Typeface library eliminating the necessity to repeatedly specify font substitutions. The mappings in the Typeface library can be replaced and overridden as required
Conversion Presets
Custom conversion presets can be specified and saved for later use alleviating having to specify conversion settings each time a conversion is performed.
PDF Annotation Enhancements
Annotations in PDF documents can be recovered into any open InDesign document. Furthermore, annotations can now be separated according to the author.
Customers who purchased PDF2ID v1.1 licenses on/after November 24, 2008 are entitled to a free upgrade to PDF2ID Standard v2.0.
PDF2ID v2.0 is available immediately in the following configurations from Recosoft’s Web site:
PDF2ID Standard v2.0: US$299.00
PDF2ID Professional v2.0: US$399.00
PDF2ID Standard v2.0 Upgrade: US$129.00 (for PDF2ID v1.x licensees)
PDF2ID Professional v2.0 Upgrade: US$159.00 (for PDF2ID v1.x licensees)
This article was last modified on December 17, 2022
This article was first published on January 16, 2009
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