Convert docx to idml

Conversion of docx file format to idml file format ^beta

Search for docx to idml converter or software able to handle these file types.

Convert Microsoft Word Open XML document to InDesign Markup Language document.

We have found 2 software records in our database eligible for .docx to .idml file format conversion.

docx to idml conversion describes the process of either importing of MS Word document to InDesign or reusing some parts for making new IDML documents. This is certainly doable as InDesigns supports numerous formats, including MS Word's DOCX documents.

You can probably find some kind of guides or tutorials about this on the Internet.

Updated: October 5, 2023

Microsoft Windows software - convert docx to idml on Windows

Adobe InDesign

Professional desktop document publishing software from Adobe

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Convert from docx file	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
to idml file	No	Yes	Yes	idml editor	Yes	No	No	No

The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned docx to idml. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.

Apple macOS / Mac OS X software - convert docx to idml on OS X

Adobe InDesign for Mac

Mac version od Adobe's popular document designing and publishing software

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
docx	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
idml	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Additional links: Open docx file, Open idml file

DOCX

Files with docx extension are documents written and saved using Microsoft Word word processor edition 2007 or later. DOCX format replaced the previously used DOC format, moving from binary files to Open XML schema-based documents. They are supported in almost every modern word-processing tools.

IDML

Files with idml extension can be usually found as InDesign documents saved in special InDesign Markup language.

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