: Export InDesign CS5 file for Corel Draw I'm sometimes giving small adverts that I created in ID CS5 to a local newspaper. They are building their stuff in Corel. They usually want me to either

@Radia289

There is no direct option available to Import Indesign to CorelDraw, but there is a workaround, Export the Indesign files as a High Quality Print PDF or each of pages as PNG min 600dpi, then import the PNG in CorelDraw and set for print.

This works for me well, I tried importing PDF to CorelDraw, converted text as fonts/curves as graphics but found it consuming.

For publishing, Indesign works really well.

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@Gail6891361

PDF is the appropriate choice. You can either "export to pdf" directly or use the PDF printer driver (if available) to create the PDF, but either way, ensure:

1) font embedding is enabled;

2) use one of the default presets such as "High Quality Print" or "Press Quality" (don't use "Standard", web, etc)

PDFs are basically fixed files which preserve vector information and maintain color spaces, etc.

JPGs are a poor choice because you are fixing the resolution on export rather than having the print provider fixing the resolution at plate time. Also, JPEG compression is lossy by nature. Both of these properties are detrimental to set type.

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@Murray976

JPG and PDF can be read by both programs. Neither of those file types are editable, it sounds like they are just taking the jpg or pdf and dropping it into their layout in Corel. If you gave them the InDesign file, then they could edit or make alterations to your work.

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