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• • November 19, 2015 at 9:12 am #79505
    Jenny South

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    Hi all,

    I have just started a new job and the logo files have been designed using InDesign rather than Illustrator (something I have never seen before but apparently is possible!). Does anyone know of a way to get InDesign vectors into Illustrator so I can create a half-size outlined Illustrator pdf for sending to print? Any quick advice would be greatly appreciated!

    Best,
    Jenny

  • November 19, 2015 at 8:22 pm #79516
    Frances Simons

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    Have you tried place, trace and expand? Can’t believe a logo was done in InDesign. That’s unusual.

  • November 19, 2015 at 8:23 pm #79517
    Frances Simons

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    I mean, I’m sure you have tried that. Not sure why it wouldn’t work though

  • November 19, 2015 at 11:57 pm #79521
    Jahrod

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    You could try adding the InDesign logos to a CC library and then placing in Illustrator from the CC library. Then embed the logos in Illustrator to work with them.

  • November 22, 2015 at 8:42 am #79559
    Kelly Vaughn

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    Havr you tried simply copying and pasting the InDesign vectors into Illustrator? That’s what I do.

    You can also export a PDF and open the PDF in illustrator.

  • November 23, 2015 at 1:38 am #79565
    Jenny South

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    Hi all,

    Many thanks for the replies. I knew it wasn’t the done thing to design logos in InDesign, I got very nervous when I saw it and thought I was going to have to redraw it! Anyhow, I did try copy and paste but it didn’t paste all the elements of the logos across. Eventually I managed to work it out – File -> Export -> Save as EPS. Then I was able to open it in Illustrator with all vector elements and effects in tact. Thanks for all your advice – how dare InDesign allow you to produce vector illustrations when it’s a layout programme, lol!

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