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PDF2ID is a PDF document conversion tool for Adobe InDesign. PDF2ID converts PDF documents into a fully editable InDesign file recreating the intended construction and layout of the document.

PDF2ID recreates the intended construction and layout of the document by forming paragraphs; applying styles; regrouping independent graphic elements; extracting images; creating tables; recovering annotations and other elements automatically. PDF2ID converts every page in a PDF file to an equivalent page in the resulting InDesign document.

PDF2ID also provides options for converting or extracting data from a range of pages in a PDF document. You can extract text or images, or convert the entire document to the InDesign format.

PDF2ID enables recovery and reuse of the contents stored in PDF documents making them available for use by anyone. Since PDF2ID is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign it is not necessary to acquire and install additional PDF editing software and tools, resulting in huge cost savings in both time and expense.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0:
Standard and Professional editions
  • Frames Linking - A logical text frames linking mechanism has been introduced. PDF2ID automatically links text frames that are deemed logically connected. This allows text to flow from 1 frame to another and allows easier selection and editing.
  • PDF Inspector - A PDF Inspector has been added, allowing you to view the meta-data, document restrictions information and fonts used in a PDF document.
  • Presets - Custom conversion presets can be specified and saved for use later. This alleviates having to specify conversion settings every time.
  • Typeface Library - PDF2ID v2.0 remembers and stores all font substitutions made into a Typeface library. This eliminates the necessity to repeatedly specify font substitutions. The mappings in the Typeface library can be replaced and over-ridden as required.
  • PDF Annotations Recovery Enhancements - Annotations in PDF documents can be recovered into any open InDesign document. Furthermore, annotations can now be separated according to the author.
  • Custom name settings - You can now specify custom character style names, paragraph style names and images that are linked.
  • JPEG2000 image support (Windows specific change) - JPEG2000 images stored in PDF files are now properly recognized and converted for Windows (the Macintosh version of PDF2ID always supported JPEG2000 images).
  • Conversion Enhancements - Paragraphs are now properly formed for text in table cells. Drop Caps properties and limited Drop Shadow property support has been implemented. General conversion improvements in graphics handling, transparency application, text frame reduction and many other enhancements have been added.
Professional edition
  • Color Space settings - The Professional edition of PDF2ID fully supports conversion of PDF documents to InDesign format by specifying other color spaces. The additional color spaces supported are PDF document color space, CMYK and Lab Colors. When PDF document color space is specified, the color property of each object is now preserved in its native color space when converted to the InDesign format.
  • CMYK-TIFF - The Professional edition of PDF2ID provides an option to convert images to CMYK-TIFF format.
  • Parallel Processing - The Professional edition of PDF2ID provides unprecedented performance through the usage of parallel processing on machines that possess multi-core/mult-processor systems. PDF conversions can execute up to 700% faster on machines with 2 processors and 4 cores per processor (i.e. Dual Processor Intel-XEON machines). Single/Dual/Quad Processor machines with a minimum of 2 or 4 cores per processor will see the maximum performance improvements.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.


Developer:Recosoft Corporation
Downloads:1,584
  - Version d/l:546
Multimedia & Design:Author Tools
License:Demo
Date:15 Jan 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$249.00
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    Jan 15 2009

    PHOTEK  I agree... it is WAAAAAYYYY over priced...

    but a great idea...  
    (Version 2.0)

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    Oct 22 2007

    GUNTIS  Way too overpriced. I also think that it should be somewhere in the $30-$50 price range.  
    (Version 1.0)

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    Oct 8 2007
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    BURRO  This could be a sweet little tool. I appreciate the effort. It is clear a lot of thoughtful work has gone into it.

    That said, I tried it on three one-page PDFs and it failed on each. (iMac, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.16GHz, 1Gb RAM, OS v10.4.10).

    Also, unless I *really* lack imagination about the precision that this kind of tool can accomplish, and its potential applications, I would encourage the authors to look at the idea of an end-product that could be priced in the $10-30 range. Perhaps at that mark, enough units could be sold to get close to the profitability of selling just a few to power users at $250.

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    (Version 1.0)

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