Image::ExifTool::InDesign(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::InDesign(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::InDesign - Read/write meta information in Adobe InDesign files

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains routines required by Image::ExifTool to read XMP meta information from Adobe InDesign (.IND, .INDD and .INDT) files.

# [LIMITATIONS](#LIMITATIONS)

1\) Only XMP meta information is processed.

2\) A new XMP stream may not be created, so XMP tags may only be written to InDesign files which previously contained XMP.

3\) File sizes of greater than 2 GB are supported only if the system supports them and the LargeFileSupport option is enabled.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp/pdfs/XMPSpecificationPart3.pdf>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-28 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::InDesign(3pm) from exiftool 13.60-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool