Extension
Last updated on
May 17, 2021
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Also applies to Adobe InDesign CC (2015)
What's covered
- File > Open formats
- File > Save As formats
- File > Export formats
- File > Place formats (Import in graphics, media, and text files)
- Save for InCopy
- Other
These tables list the file formats that Adobe InDesign supports for various functions.
For more information on settings and option when opening, importing, exporting, and saving files, see Adobe InDesign Online Help.
File > Open
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Filename |
Version |
Comments |
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indd |
InDesign document |
CC and earlier |
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indl |
InDesign library |
CC and earlier |
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indt |
InDesign template |
CC and earlier |
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indb |
InDesign book |
CC and earlier |
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inx |
InDesign interchange |
CS4 and earlier |
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idml |
InDesign Markup Language |
CC and earlier |
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pmd |
Adobe PageMaker |
6.0 - 7.0 |
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xqx |
QuarkXPress Passport |
4.1.x |
save newer versions in Quark to these accepted versions |
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xqx |
QuarkXPress |
3.3 - 4.1.x |
save newer versions in Quark to these accepted versions |
File > New
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Extension |
Filename |
Version |
Comments |
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indd |
InDesign document |
CC |
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indl |
InDesign Library |
CC |
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indb |
InDesign Book |
CC |
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File > Save As
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Extension |
File name |
Version |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
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indd |
InDesign document |
CC |
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indt |
InDesign template |
CC |
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File > Export formats
| Extension | Filename | Version | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portable Document Format | PDF 1.3 - 1.7 | ||
| eps | Encapsulated PostScript | PS level 2 - 3 | |
| fla | Flash CS6 Professional | CS6 | |
| swf | Shockwave Flash | 10.x | For Flash Player |
| idml | InDesign Markup Language | CC | |
| jpg | JPEG | ||
| xml | Extensible Markup Language | ||
| txt | Adobe InDesign Tagged Text | ||
| icml | Adobe InCopy document | CC | |
| rtf | Rick Text Format | ||
| txt | Text only |
Note: For backwards compatibility to InDesign CS4 export to InDesign Markup Language (idml). For backwards compatibility to InDesign CS3, open the .IDML in CS4 and export as InDesign CS3 Interchange (inx).
File > Place formats (Import in graphics and text files)
| Extension | Filename | Version | Comments |
| tiff | Tagged Image File Format | ||
| gif | Graphic Interchange Format | ||
| jpg, jpeg | Joint Photographic Experts Group | ||
| bmp | Bitmap | ||
| eps | Encapsulated PostScript | ||
| dcs | Desktop Color Separation | ||
| pict | Picture file format (Mac) | ||
| wmf | MS Windows Metafile | ||
| emf | MS Windows Enhanced Metafile | ||
| pcx | PC Paintbrush File format | ||
| png | Portable Network Graphic | ||
| sct | Scitec CT | ||
| ai | Adobe Illustrator | ||
| psd | Adobe Photoshop | ||
| Portable Document Format | since ID CS3 support of multipage PDF files | ||
| indd | InDesign document | ||
| txt | Text documents | ||
| doc, docx | Microsoft Word document | ||
| xls, xlsx | Microsoft Excel documents | ||
| rtf | Rich Text Format | ||
| swf | Shockwave File | ||
| flv, f4v | Flash Video | ||
| mp4 | MPEG-4 Video | H.264 encoding | |
| avi | Audio Video Interface | ||
| mov | QuickTime Video | H.264 encoding | |
| mp3 | MPEG Audio Layer |
Save for InCopy
Edit> InCopy> Export, or options from Link or Assignment panels.
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Extension |
Filename |
Version |
Comments |
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icma |
Assignment file |
CC |
is .inca in ID CS3 |
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icml |
Content file, Exported file |
CC |
is .incx in ID CS3 |
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icap |
Package for InCopy |
CC |
is .incp in ID CS3 |
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idap |
Package for InDesign |
CC |
is .indp in ID CS3 |
Other
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Extension |
Filename |
Version |
Comments |
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xml |
Extensible Markup Language |
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File > Import XML |
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N/A |
Buzzword Document |
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File > Place from Buzzword |
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epub |
Open Publication Structure eBook |
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File > Export for > EPUB |
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html |
Hypertext Markup Language |
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File > Export for > Dreamweaver |
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N/A |
Buzzword document |
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File > Export for > Buzzword |
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