Text is converted to InDesign text frames.

Tables in PageMaker files are converted to InDesign tables.

Styles are converted to InDesign styles. The [No style] in PageMaker is the equivalent of [No Paragraph Style] in InDesign. However, [No Paragraph Style] picks up the attributes of a named style if that style was selected before any typing occurred in the PageMaker publication.

InDesign uses the Adobe Paragraph Composer for all paragraphs, causing some text to reflow. You can assign the Adobe Single-Line Composer to one or more paragraphs to create line breaks more similarly to the PageMaker composition engine, but text may still reflow.

InDesign uses only Baseline leading. Proportional and Top of Caps leading in PageMaker convert to Baseline leading in InDesign, possibly resulting in text shifting.

The First Baseline of converted text may appear different than text created in InDesign. The First Baseline of converted text is set to Leading, but the First Baseline of text created in InDesign is set to Ascent by default.

InDesign uses a different hyphenation method than PageMaker, so line breaks may be different.

Shadow text converts as plain text. Outline text converts as text with a stroke of 0.25 inches and a fill of Paper.

InDesign ignores Booklists when opening PageMaker publications. If you want to open all the publications on a Booklist together, run the Build Booklet plug‑in in PageMaker with a layout of None selected so that the booked publications are combined into one. Note that text blocks and frames will no longer be threaded.

Index entries from a PageMaker publication appear in the InDesign Index panel. Text with cross-references that use the See Herein or See Also Herein option are mapped as See or See Also.

Table of Contents text converts as a Table of Contents, with PageMaker TOC Style available in the style pop‑up menu in the InDesign TOC dialog box.

Text and graphics links are preserved and appear in the Links panel.

If InDesign cannot locate the original link to a graphic, a warning appears asking you to repair the link in PageMaker.

InDesign does not support OLE (object linking and embedding). Consequently, when you open files that contain OLE graphics, those graphics will not appear in the InDesign document.

Colors are converted exactly to InDesign colors. PageMaker HLS colors are converted to RGB colors, and colors from other color libraries are converted based on their CMYK values.

Tints are converted as percentages of the parent color. If the parent color isn’t in the Swatches panel, it’s added during conversion. When an object with a tint is selected, the parent color is selected in the Swatches panel, and the tint value appears in the pop‑up menu.

Color profiles for PageMaker files are converted directly. All Hexachrome colors are converted to RGB values. Profiles that are not ICC‑compliant are replaced using the default CMS settings and profiles you specified for InDesign.

All strokes and lines (including paragraph rules) are converted to the default stroke styles they most closely resemble. Custom strokes and dashes are converted to custom strokes and dashes in InDesign.

InDesign does not support screen patterns or angles applied to TIFF images in Image Control; it drops these from imported TIFF files.

When Auto-Overprint Black Strokes or Fills (or both) is selected in the Trapping Preferences dialog box in PageMaker, the setting carries over to InDesign, but Overprint Stroke or Overprint Fill is deselected in the Attributes panel.