InDesign removed the support for placing, importing, exporting, and linking Flash files, such as.FLV,.F4V, and.SWF. If you try to import any of these files, an. Indesign has used its product development process in projects involving more than 100 different clients, ranging from start-up companies to Fortune 100 companies. Our product development process was designed for complete product development projects, beginning with product concept development and ending with design introduction into manufacture. I can not import my mp4 file to InDesign CC 2017 trial. I get a message 'Import failed'. What could be the problem? Adding movies and sound file documents to InDesign is a simple step-by-step process that allows you to import video formats like FLV. F4V, H.264 (MP4) and also SWF. Go to 'Choose File' then scroll to 'Place.' Locate the type of video file you want to insert in. If you have a question to ask or an idea to share, come and participate in Adobe InDesign Community.We'd love to hear from you.
- File > Place formats (Import in graphics, media, and text files)
These tables list the file formats that Adobe InDesign supports for various functions.
For more information on settings and option when opening, importing, exporting, and saving files, see Adobe InDesign Online Help.
| Extension | Filename | Version | Comments |
| indd | InDesign document | CC and earlier | |
| indl | InDesign library | CC and earlier | |
| indt | InDesign template | CC and earlier | |
| indb | InDesign book | CC and earlier | |
| inx | InDesign interchange | CS4 and earlier | |
| idml | InDesign Markup Language | CC and earlier | |
| pmd | Adobe PageMaker | 6.0 - 7.0 | |
| xqx | QuarkXPress Passport | 4.1.x | save newer versions in Quark to these accepted versions |
| xqx | QuarkXPress | 3.3 - 4.1.x | save newer versions in Quark to these accepted versions |
| Extension | Filename | Version | Comments |
| indd | InDesign document | CC | |
| indl | InDesign Library | CC | |
| indb | InDesign Book | CC |
| Extension | File name | Version | Comments |
| indd | InDesign document | CC | |
| indt | InDesign template | CC |
| Extension | Filename | Version | Comments |
| Portable Document Format | PDF 1.3 - 1.7 | ||
| eps | Encapsulated PostScript | PS level 2 - 3 | |
| fla | Flash CS6 Professional | CS6 | |
| swf | Shockwave Flash | 10.x | For Flash Player |
| idml | InDesign Markup Language | CC | |
| jpg | JPEG | ||
| xml | Extensible Markup Language | ||
| txt | Adobe InDesign Tagged Text | ||
| icml | Adobe InCopy document | CC | |
| rtf | Rick Text Format | ||
| txt | Text only |
Note: For backwards compatibility to InDesign CS4 export to InDesign Markup Language (idml). For backwards compatibility to InDesign CS3, open the .IDML in CS4 and export as InDesign CS3 Interchange (inx).
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File > Place formats (Import in graphics and text files)
| Extension | Filename | Version | Comments |
| tiff | Tagged Image File Format | ||
| gif | Graphic Interchange Format | ||
| jpg, jpeg | Joint Photographic Experts Group | ||
| bmp | Bitmap | ||
| eps | Encapsulated PostScript | ||
| dcs | Desktop Color Separation | ||
| pict | Picture file format (Mac) | ||
| wmf | MS Windows Metafile | ||
| emf | MS Windows Enhanced Metafile | ||
| pcx | PC Paintbrush File format | ||
| png | Portable Network Graphic | ||
| sct | Scitec CT | ||
| ai | Adobe Illustrator | ||
| psd | Adobe Photoshop | ||
| Portable Document Format | since ID CS3 support of multipage PDF files | ||
| indd | InDesign document | ||
| txt | Text documents | ||
| doc, docx | Microsoft Word document | ||
| xls, xlsx | Microsoft Excel documents | ||
| rtf | Rich Text Format | ||
| swf | Shockwave File | ||
| flv, f4v | Flash Video | ||
| mp4 | MPEG-4 Video | H.264 encoding | |
| avi | Audio Video Interface | ||
| mov | QuickTime Video | H.264 encoding | |
| mp3 | MPEG Audio Layer |
Edit> InCopy> Export, or options from Link or Assignment panels.
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| Extension | Filename | Version | Comments |
| icma | Assignment file | CC | is .inca in ID CS3 |
| icml | Content file, Exported file | CC | is .incx in ID CS3 |
| icap | Package for InCopy | CC | is .incp in ID CS3 |
| idap | Package for InDesign | CC | is .indp in ID CS3 |
| Extension | Filename | Version | Comments |
| xml | Extensible Markup Language | File > Import XML | |
| N/A | Buzzword Document | File > Place from Buzzword | |
| epub | Open Publication Structure eBook | File > Export for > EPUB | |
| html | Hypertext Markup Language | File > Export for > Dreamweaver | |
| N/A | Buzzword document | File > Export for > Buzzword |
Adobe decides to stop updating and distributing Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourages content creators to migrate any existing Flash content to new open formats, such as HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly.
Check out Adobe's detailed announcement:Flash and the Future of Interactive Content.
InDesign removed the support for placing, importing, exporting, and linking Flash files, such as .FLV, .F4V, and .SWF. If you try to import any of these files, an error message is displayed.
Following panels are changed:
- SWF Preview (Window > Interactive > SWF Preview) is no longer available now.
- Links panel (Window > Links) will show missing links for the linked or embedded Flash format graphics.
The options related to Flash formats are removed from the following dialogs:
- Export Optionsdialog(File > Export)
- Animation and Timing panels (Window > Interactive > Animation) and (Window > Interactive > Timing)
- Media panel(Window > Interactive > Media).
Note: The Navigation Points functionality is available only for version 14.0.3 or below. - Page Transition (Window > Interactive > Page Transition)
- Object States Panel (Window > Interactive > Object States)
- Buttons and Forms Panel (Window > Interactive > Buttons and Forms)
To use your flash format assets, convert the assets into a non-Flash format.
If you have a question to ask or an idea to share, come and participate in Adobe InDesign Community. We'd love to hear from you.
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