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A freelance designer submitted InDesign files with nested Illustrator artboards and a font collection I can't open. Th…

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A freelance designer submitted InDesign files with nested Illustrator artboards and a font collection I can't open. The printer wants packaged files by [deadline=tomorrow] and I'm new to converting nonstandard packs. I'm worried if I convert improperly I'll break the layout. Diagnose whether to ask the freelancer for a packaged ID file or to convert in-house now, list the immediate conversion risks, and give a short message to the freelancer that gets me what I need without sounding accusatory.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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Freelancer sent odd file types and we're on deadline

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