Backward compatibility for InDesign

What previous CreativeSuite versions of InDesign will InDesign CC be backward compatible with?
Will InDesign CC import .idml files like CS6 does?
Thanks,
IDCCindexer

Hi, this should answer all those questions, for InDesign and other Creative Cloud apps
Are Adobe CC Files Compatible w/ CS6, CS5, CS4 & CS3 – and Vice Versa?
Hope this helps!

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We are thinking about switching over to using a bundled Air runtime for our product, which means that we have to write our own installer for Mac. However, we need to be able to detect if a previous, non-bundled version of our Air app exists on the system, and if so, uninstall it before placing the new version down.
How does Air keep track of what's been installed on the Mac? Does it expose an API that we could call from within our custom installer to uninstall a specific non-bundled desktop Air application? If not, does Air maintain installed app location data in a way that an outsider could possibly consume?
On Windows, I see that Air just makes use of the MSI database, so we're all set there. But on Mac, I don't know how to proceed.
Thanks for your help.

Looks like the ARH utility will do what I want, but I cannot find where to download it from, and what the license agreement is for using it. Here's where I found ARH discussed. Anyone know where I can get this from?
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I have a clarification in using Test Executive code in TestStand.
I am using TestStand for modifying the code which is in Test Executive platform.
Is it possible for me to use modified TestStand code back in Test Executive?
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There is not downward conversion for converting TestStand sequence files to Test Executive code. I believe you would have modify your code in LabVIEW/CVI to still use it.
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Can anyone tell me if RH 7 can work with RHX5 files? Are
there any limitations? Also, I'm using RHX5 and SubVersion (SVN)
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something I did in the last couple of weeks.
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before opening it (read: upgrading) to RH7.
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7. Due to the trial expiring and issue of the license not being
finalized, I reinstalled X5 and opened my newly created RH7 project
(after making a back up copy) in X5. And guess what?
It came in seamlessly...almost.
Everything that X5 did not recoginze was highlighted in red.
Via the WYSIWYG view I simply clicked on the red items and deleted
it. It works like a charm. I've had not issues whatsoever.
Luckily, this was still a small project. Not sure I would
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I just got burned , I updated to Muse 2014 on my work computer, did an update to my website, only to discover that my home pc (where I do a majority of my personal work) can't use the new version. Now my website is in limbo because I can't edit it from home anymore. Thanks for that, Adobe.

Maker actually has developed os x drivers but only as a cursor- so the only thing I can do with this thing at the moment is thse same as my glide point, only now I get to use a stylus. The additional drivers I found are for a similar product- I bet the same product made for someone else- but they match the software that I have for my pc. So I know that they are available but not sure what would happen if I installed them. I would hate to be the person that forces a reinstall of a harddrive and all the software that entails. IT would not be happy.
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These are not complaint but the facts of my experience with mac. I have to use it for work- we are the only building in the system that is mac so I need to use it unless I purchase my own laptop and have IT configure it for me for the school stuff.
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InDesign Backwards Compatibility in CS5 an MAJOR issue

I am a print designer who works in InDesign. I bought CS3 Design Premium in late summer of 2008. Shortly thereafter CS4 came out, but after just having forked out a big chunk of change, I decided against upgrading to CS4 right away. Recently I considered upgrading but then heard CS5 was coming out so I decided to postpone the upgrade and wait for the new software. I've just checked out the trial version of CS5 InDesign and after speaking with Adobe Support have come to the conclusion that I can't upgrade to CS5. Why? BACKWARDS compatibility to CS3. The previously offered export features that supplied a path for backwards compatibility via an .inx file are gone.
I design freelance for a lot of different customers and once the design is complete, I have to deliver the InDesign file along with all associated fonts ad images to my clients. Most of my clients are still on CS3. If I upgrade to CS5 I will instantly not be able to work for 2/3 of my clients, as I will have no means by which to save a file backwards to CS3. I was informed by Adobe support that I would need to buy CS4 and CS5, as I could save my CS5 file in the IDML format and open it in CS4 and then I could save the file from CS4 as an INX file and open that is CS3. ARE THEY INSANE??? First off that requires keeping 3 version of InDesign up and running on my machine all of the time and secondly, why should I have to buy CS4 when I'm paying an additional fee to upgrade to CS5 because I didn't upgrade from CS4? This is so screwed up that it has to be an oversight---please tell me there is a patch in the works!!!
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Cynthia Ryan Graphic wrote:
I am all for working with better workflow practices and I understand that saving files backwards is less than ideal but Adobe needs to look at the real world uses of their software as well. I have to work with firms that aren't upgrading now--especially with the economy we are now in--and most of the items I design for them are ads-- one page- nothing too complex--really nothing fancy. I obviously wouldn't save a book or a very complex document backwards in this way, but simple things have translated just fine in the past. In the real world we hit situations like this.
I bought my software 21 months ago and in this time Adobe has expected me to upgrade twice--I haven't even finished expensing the initial cost of the software on my books yet. Upgrading that often just can't happen in a small firm--it's prohibitively expensive for a one man shop.
So now from what I understand, to do this properly, I am supposed to buy the upgrade and keep both versions running on my machine and track with every client which version of the software I need to be working in. What happens when I have to add an employee? I will have to buy the CS3 version of the software in addition to the CS5 Suite because otherwise we can't work on the same files. I'm finding this frustrating.
Your suggestion of buying CS4 from Amazon is a good one. I will look into that further.
DISCLAIMER: I'm an Adobe stockholder. REALITY: My holdings are probably in the same proportion as the number of bits it takes to store a period character (".") on an Internet server is to the entire Internet's storage capacity. So, while I may have some self-interest here, it's not driving me to encourage you - or even all the participants on this forum - to buy more software than you want to or need to.
If you're simply interested in test-driving a new release, you can do that with the free 30-day trials. If you run out time, you can probably figure out a way to trick out your system to get another 30-day shot.
However, if you use the software commercially - either to train others, or to create new material or revise old material for clients or employers - you need to decide if you can continue to do this with the software versions you own, or if the commercial needs will require you to license new versions.
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An alternate way to evaluate the software, especially as an employer of users, is to compare the product cost vs. how many more billable hours you and your workers can complete in a given time with it and without it, and, how competitively you can bid projects, due to the product's efficiency.
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I want to install Snow Leopard Server on our MacPro(2.66) using Mac Mini Snow Leopard Server disks? I kept getting an error for backwards compatibility. Is this possible or do I need topurchase another copy of Snow Leopard Server?

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[svn:cairngorm3:] 16245: Adding back the moduleRootContext public getter for backward compatibility

Revision: 16245
Revision: 16245
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-05-20 05:42:50 -0700 (Thu, 20 May 2010)
Log Message:
Adding back the moduleRootContext public getter for backward compatibility
Modified Paths:
    cairngorm3/trunk/libraries/Module/src/com/adobe/cairngorm/module/ModuleViewLoader.as
    cairngorm3/trunk/libraries/Module/src/com/adobe/cairngorm/module/ViewLoader.as

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I've been asked to pose this question on behalf of my front-office coworkers who are struggling with editing documents created with Id CC in Id CS6. As of 2014 we are now a big merged company and our West Coast division is making marketing materials in the CC version of InDesign while us folks in the Midwest are still trying to wring the last bit of usefulness out of CS6. I don't see a high degree of sophistication in most of this material so I'd think we could work something out here until everyone gets on the same software boat.
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Yeah, that last reference really shows my age eh?
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I fear that simple suggestion might warp some creative sensibilities with the CC users but it seems like a reasonable solution.
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An error occcurred on line 105 while executing script 'MOM Backward Compatibility Service State Monitoring Script"

We've been getting the following error for some time now.
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Hi Steven,
There are for option for us to override a monitor ot rule:
For all objects of class:
Class
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For a group
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Class
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For all objects of another class
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