Converting PageMaker to InDesign CS2

I have several documents that exist in PageMaker but InDesign CS2 crashes when I try to use that to open and convert the file. Is there a plug in or upgrade I need? Thanks!

I keep two old computers around - an XP machine and a G4 running OS 9 - in order to clean up old PM docs before trying to convert to ID. In fact, I'm looking at a project where I'll have to convert about 3000 files from PM to ID, and there's no chance at all that none of those 3000 files will require pre-conversion cleanup in PM.
Are you sure that it's a PageMaker file?
Are you sure that it's a PM6.5 or PM7 file?
Do you still have PM installed? Do the files work in PM?
Do they have embedded images? (That's one of the many reasons why my 3000 files require extensive cleanup.)

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Hallo Robert95100,
ich habe für mich eine Lösung gefunden! Arbeite auch für eine gemeinnützige (Umwelt-)Organisation, die - genau wie bei Euch - sich nicht alles leisten kann. Und ja, ich habe für uns die CS2-Version auch kostenfrei vom Adobe-Server heruntergeladen (mit Seriennummer). Also, nicht alles, was hier so erzählt wird, stimmt dann auch. :-)
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Es ist anscheinend so, dass InDesign CS2 unter Windows XP prof. ohne Service Pack 3 relativ problemlos Pagemaker-Dateien der Versionen 6.5/7.0 importieren konnte. Erst mit Installation des Service Packs 3 unter Windows geht diese Fähigkeit aus irgendeinem Grund (den ich Dir nicht nennen kann, weil ich es bislang nicht herausgefunden habe - Spekulation: Security-Einstellungen?) verloren.
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b. Oracle Virtual Box: https://www.virtualbox.org/
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Der Weg 2b. ist der, den ich heute gegangen bin. Das InDesign CS2 importiert in dem emulierten Windows XP professional (mit Service Pack 2) dann tatsächlich die alten Pagemaker-Dateien wieder relativ problemlos. Mit einem USB-Stick kann man dann die Dateien zwischen dem Haupt- und dem virtualisierten Windows (gewissermaßen dem "Windows im Windows") hin und her schaufeln und konvertieren bis der Arzt kommt. :-) Es gibt in der Virtualisierungssoftware, glaube ich, auch die Möglichkeit "gemeinsam genutze Ordner" einzustellen, so dass man sich dann auch noch den "Umweg" über den USB-Stick (oder 'ne gebrannte CD-ROM) sparen kann. Habe ich aber noch nicht ausprobiert, weil ich erst mal den Beitrag hier schreiben wollte. Hatte Dein Hilfegesuch nämlich vor einiger Zeit auch schon gelesen und stehe seitdem auch vor dem Problem: Schön, dass ich jetzt InDesign CS2 kostenfrei nutzen kann, aber was mache ich nun mit meinen ganzen alten Pagemaker-Dateien?
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