Extract text from InDesign menu sets (INMS)
To convert INMS menu sets to another format, you need Adobe InDesign or other Settings software.
To convert other file formats to the "Application Workspace Settings" file type, you need software like Adobe InDesign or a similar tool.
The .INMS file format is an Adobe InDesign Menu Set File. It stores custom user interface configurations, specifically dictating which menu commands are hidden, shown, or highlighted with custom colors in Adobe InDesign.
This is a highly specialized, proprietary configuration file. It does not contain any layout, text, or graphic data. Its primary disadvantage is that it is completely useless outside of the InDesign ecosystem. You cannot open it in a standard web browser, and it requires an expensive, active subscription to access the native software.
Because it only contains application-specific UI instructions, standard online converters will fail to process it into readable document formats like PDF or DOCX. The only practical conversion is extracting the raw configuration data to XML or TXT to inspect the underlying settings parameters.
This file format is difficult to open or convert because only the original software can properly read or apply the UI data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your INMS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert INMS file to , you can use Adobe InDesign or similar software from the "Menu Configuration Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to INMS, try Adobe InDesign or another comparable tool in the "Menu Configuration Storage" category.
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