This product was not featured by Product Hunt yet. It will not be visible on their landing page and won't be ranked (cannot win product of the day regardless of upvotes).
Product upvotes vs the next 3
Waiting for data. Loading
Product comments vs the next 3
Waiting for data. Loading
Product upvote speed vs the next 3
Waiting for data. Loading
Product upvotes and comments
Waiting for data. Loading
Product vs the next 3
Loading
ETIC
Turn formatted Excel tables into editable InDesign tables
ETIC converts formatted Excel tables into editable InDesign tables through IDML while preserving the formatting already defined in the Excel source. It is designed for workflows where Excel is the source document and its formatting matters. ETIC works as a standalone Windows application, so the conversion itself does not require InDesign. Open the generated IDML in InDesign and continue editing normally.
Hi Product Hunt!
I built ETIC after years of working with document production and automation.
One problem I kept seeing was that carefully prepared Excel tables often became something that had to be rebuilt, reformatted, or heavily adjusted once they reached the InDesign stage.
ETIC takes a different approach: treat the Excel file as a real source document rather than just raw data.
It converts formatted Excel tables to IDML while preserving details such as fonts, sizes, colors, borders, merged cells, row heights and column widths. The resulting tables remain editable in InDesign.
ETIC is also a standalone Windows application. You don't need InDesign installed on the machine performing the conversion.
My goal isn't to replace InDesign's styles or layout tools. It's to preserve more of the work that has already been done before the document reaches InDesign.
I'd be especially interested to hear how designers and production teams currently handle complex Excel tables in their InDesign workflows.
About ETIC on Product Hunt
“Turn formatted Excel tables into editable InDesign tables”
ETIC was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. ETIC converts formatted Excel tables into editable InDesign tables through IDML while preserving the formatting already defined in the Excel source. It is designed for workflows where Excel is the source document and its formatting matters. ETIC works as a standalone Windows application, so the conversion itself does not require InDesign. Open the generated IDML in InDesign and continue editing normally.
On the analytics side, ETIC competes within Design Tools, Productivity and Developer Tools — topics that collectively have 1.4M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how ETIC performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted ETIC ?
ETIC was hunted by Macoto Tanaka. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of ETIC including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Macoto Tanaka