What source file formats do you accept for preflight?

Preflight and File Preparation Frequently asked questions

What source file formats do you accept for preflight??

We accept virtually any file format used in professional publishing, marketing communications, technical documentation, and digital media production. Our preflight capability covers the following major categories:

Desktop Publishing: Adobe InDesign (.indd, .idml, .inx), Adobe FrameMaker (.fm, .book, .mif), QuarkXPress (.qxp, .qxd), Adobe PageMaker (legacy .pmd, .p65). We handle all recent versions and can open legacy files dating back to the early 2000s in most cases.

Vector Graphics: Adobe Illustrator (.ai, .eps), CorelDRAW (.cdr), SVG, and Affinity Designer files. We extract text from all layers and artboards, including compound paths and clipping masks.

Presentations: Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx, .ppt), Google Slides (exported), Apple Keynote (.key). We handle slide masters, notes, embedded charts, and SmartArt.

Documents: Microsoft Word (.docx, .doc), PDF (extractable text), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and OpenDocument formats. For PDFs, we assess whether text is extractable or if the file needs to be reconstructed from scratch.

Technical Documentation: MadCap Flare (.flprj), DITA XML, DocBook, FrameMaker structured documents, RoboHelp, and Author-it.

eLearning: Articulate Storyline (.story), Articulate Rise (XLIFF export), Adobe Captivate (.cptx), Lectora (.awt).

Web and Digital: HTML/CSS, XML, JSON (for UI strings), resource files (.resx, .properties, .strings).

CAD and Engineering: AutoCAD (.dwg text extraction), Visio (.vsdx). Limited to text layer extraction.

If you have files in a format not listed here, send them to us for evaluation. Our preflight team will assess whether we can process them natively or recommend a conversion path. We also provide guidance on optimal export settings when clients need to prepare files from applications we do not directly support.


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