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Format

Adobe InDesign Document

Summary

Name
Adobe InDesign Document
Version
CS
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/196
Format type
Presentation
Description
Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing application developed and produced by Adobe Inc., first released in 1999. It is the successor to PageMaker, software previously created by Aldus Corporation in 1985, which was subsequently acquired by Adobe. It can be used to produce a number of works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations and books. InDesign supports XML, stylesheets and other coding markup, providing functionality for exporting tagged text content for use in other digital and online formats.
Format encoding
Text
Note
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/InDesign_INDD
File extensions
indd, ind, indt
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over
Is previous version of

Internal signatures

Adobe InDesign Document CS

Description
16-byte GUID: 0606EDF5-D81D-46e5-BD31-EFE7FE74B71D; 8-byte string File Type: DOCUMENT; 1-byte Endianness: 1=little endian (intel), 2= big endian (Motorola); 4 wildcard bytes; 4 byte version (consider endianess) 3=CS
Provenance
Research conducted by Georgia Technology Research Institute

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
0606EDF5D81D46E5BD31EFE7FE74B71D444F43554D454E54(01|02){4}(03000000|00000003)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V103

    Release date
    11 March 2022
    • Updated

      Adobe InDesign Document CS: Outline description upgraded, note field updated and .indt file extension added. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  • V69

    Release date
    19 July 2013
    • Added signature

      Adobe InDesign Document CS: Signature provided by Georgia Technology Research Institute.

    • Updated

      Adobe InDesign Document CS: Added version number.