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Convert InDesign file to Word without losing formatting

Marge -  
 Loïc -
Hello,

I have a document created in InDesign that I can open on a PC at work, but I have no idea how to use this software. I have a lot of corrections to make on this document, so I would like to know if it is possible to convert this file to Word to edit the text without losing too much of the layout created in InDesign? If I can't recover the graphics from InDesign, that's fine; I will at least retrieve the text and rework the layout, even if it's less attractive.
Thank you for responding quickly; it's urgent.

Best regards
Configuration: Windows 7 / Internet Explorer 9.0

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Not really possible... The two software programs do not have the same workflow structure...

What you can do is copy/paste the selected text from InDesign to Word... And even then it might be difficult because InDesign uses text boxes while Word is more for continuous text....
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Marge
 
Thank you for this response. Unfortunately, I suspected it a bit!!!!
Have a nice evening
Best regards
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Loïc
 
You can save it from InDesign as a PDF, and with Acrobat you can use 'save as' in Word format .docx or .doc depending on the version of your Word. (I have Acrobat Pro, I don't know if it works with the basic version).

There you go, I did it and it works very well for me.
Good luck!
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