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Expert: InDesign Pro - 9/8/2009


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Im stumped.  Im not a trained InDesign or Adobe user but I have a cool document created by a friend that I cannot contact.  I need to update just some text in the doc but although it opens in Adobe 9 pro I can highlight the words I wand to edit but they will not edit.  Im not sure how to open it in Indesign or if I can edit it there either.  I found the security settings and it says All allowed.
help!

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If it is opening in Acrobat, it is (most likely) a PDF. It certainly isn't a native InDesign File. You are limited to what you can edit in Acrobat and I suggest doing any edits right in InDesign. If he did send you the file with an INDD extension, try opening it with InDesign and perform your edits there.

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