And Serif has not yet informed us when it will be added. Unfortunately, the release version of Publisher does not yet have this capability. It is this latter capability that we have been talking about and waiting for. IDML, on the other hand, is a conversion format that InDesign can produce so that third party apps can open InDesign documents. It is, for all practical purposes, impossible for a third-party app to open indd files, which are in a proprietary Adobe format. Indd and idml are not 'almost the same." While I admit I've confused the two in the past, the fact is that indd and idml are significantly different formats. If indd or idml: This is almost the same.īut this is wonderful news for the publisher and the company and the users! I think they are putting to much faith/credit in their PDF import. No reason IMO serif shouldn't be addressing both of these. IDML is open and fairly straightforward to work with as well. No one is better equipped to make a pageplus import than serif. and if they want page plus users to migrate they need a good page plus import. If they want to get InDesign folks to move Publisher they need to support IDML at a minimum. Publishers primary markets are InDesign users and Page Plus users. As a software developer I understand the clean break in format in moving to Publisher as its age was likely limiting things quite a bit. and I wouldn't want to depend on it for bringing in my current InDesign or PagePlus documents. I likely have 100s for documents in Page Plus and know the app well.Īfter having brought in several PDF documents for editing in Publisher I wouldn't say its PDF import is any better than Page Plus. its print ready PDF support as always fit my needs quite well and its done the job for years. I much prefer PagePlus for my own projects though. Its an open and fairly easy to navigate format for development. I do a lot of database driven indesign document generation via IDML. I have InDesign and PagePlus… use them both often. Hopefully they can come back to pick you up later. Our options are few and Affinity is like a lifeboat that can't fit everyone all at once. I've noticed a number of "missing" features and some UI flaws in the various Affinity apps but have no choice but work around them until Serif can add or fix those issues. I'm fortunate to have a copy of CS6 which has given me some breathing room. I only own Designer at the moment but plan to add the other apps at some point. That's a terrible feeling and untenable from a business standpoint. At this point they OWN your ability to make a living in your field. Workflows and expectations revolve around Adobe. There's no way to open InDesign for those occasions you might need to while creating new sets of documents somewhere else. Any thoughts of switching software is dashed by the fact that giving up the sub means no access to your older files. Adobe already had the graphics industry in an iron grip but decided that wasn't enough.
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