Inporting Files From PageMaker to InDesign CS3

How do I import files from Microsoft PageMaker to InDesign and so that I dont lose any data.

You absolutely MUST have a go-by if you're going Pub to ID. The plugin works very well but two important things that get lost in translation are transparency and color spacing - Pub allows you to designate a singular color image as grayscale, and this image will appear as full color in InD. Transparent objects also come in at 100% opacity.

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Different Colors when printing from Photoshop and InDesign CS3

Different Colors when printing from Photoshop and InDesign CS3
I have the following problem:
When printing from Photoshop or InDesign to a PostScript printer, Adobe recommends to let Photoshop handle the colors (I use the German version, so I don't know the exact term used, it changes slightly in all CS3 apps anyway).
The manufacturer however told me to let the PostScript printer handle the colors.
When I chose this option in Ps's print dialog and then choose ISO Coated as the printer pfofile, the results are fine.
But when I place the exact same image in an InDesign file and print from InDesign or export to PDF and print via Acrobat, again using "Printer handles colors", the results are the exact same as if I had used Ps and chosen to let Ps handle the colors (way too saturated and a bit too red).
·Photoshop CS3
·InDesign CS3
·Test image is a TIFF in CMYK Fogra 27 Coated (which is also the working color space in Ps and ID.
·Printer: Xerox Docucolor 3535
·Printer profile: ISO Coated
How can I make sure the printer handles the colors in other CS3 apps than Ps? I tried it with ID's print dialog (translated from the German version: Color Management > Options > Color Handling: PostScript-printer decides colors).
Thanks a lot!

RE: "You don't indicate what Xerox printers you have"
In my first post I named it, is that the information you need?
Docucolor 3535 using Splash 3535
That's interesting, so I have to find a way to turn off the printer's Color Management function? I mailed them, hope they can tell me how to do it easily. They usually just tell me to not use any profiles and so on, but that's the general rule in this area, I'm really tired of hearing it. Everybody seems to think profiles and LAB mode are nuclear science and I should stay away from it.
Anyway, the test image I'm using is a simple photograph (size A3, 300dpi), so no transparencies at all. I'm placing this image into an equally large ID file and print it from ID, then export it to PDF-X/3 and print it from Acrobat. Hope that helps.

Converted from pagemaker to indesign

We recently converted from pagemaker to indesign CS6, how can i do this (image above) in indesign? When i open my file in indesign the part no, desc, qty, list line where just underlined (image below) i would like the header to be within the lines like the image above.
Thank you for your help, it took us awhile to convert to indesign and am still learning.

You'll need to work with paragraph rules—rule above and rule below. Find them in the paragraph panel flyout menu or the control panel flyout menu when you have the text tool active.
Michael Riordan
http://www.learnadobesoftware.com

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I am using LibreOffice 4.3.2.2, Lotus WordPro, and Windows 7. I am saving my work in rtf files. Each page has two columns.
Placing rtf files from WordPro into InDesign works with no problems, but - I wonder just how long WordPro will continue to work with Windows 7 so I would like to switch to LibreOffice.
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Thanks.
Carole

Thanks to everyone who read about my problem. I have solved it myself by using "RTF Import Options."
Carole

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I understand that Adobe is already selling InDesign CS5 and therefore you would have no choice if you want to upgrade. I would think that the easiest way of finding if your PM serial number applies for an upgrade is to try buying an upgrade. You don't need to complete the purchase if you don't want to.

I have to upload files from pagemaker 6.5 but no one can open them.

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and here: Install Distiller from the PM7 application CD

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I believe the D4s is a very new camera, and needs ACR 8.4 (the very latest version as I type this).
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From Pagemaker to InDesign

OK, it took a while until I began with InDesign. But here are my questions:
1. In Pagemaker I can place a pic or text outside the page, and still see them. How can I do that in InDesign??
2. In Pagemaker I can move around by holdning down alt and moving the
cursor. How can I do that in InDesign?
3. In Pagemaker I can see if a pic has been made larger or smaller than the original size. How can I do that in InDesign.
If you can help me and give the answers, you will be highly rewarded in your next life.
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>only objects placed on MasterSpread will be accessible on all spreads with this MasterSpread applied.
Master page pasteboards are also independent. If you want items on the master page pasteboard to show on document pages they must touch the page, the bleed area, or the slug area.
Dave Saunders wrote a little script for Pagemaker users (and others) that moves all pasteboard items to the current page which you might find useful. You should be able to find it if you do a forum search.
Alt + Spacebar works to get the hand tool universally in InDesign, so you don't need to remember what mode or tool is active. When not in text mode, spacebar alone will give you the hand tool.
Selecting an image with the direct selection tool (white arrow) will show the scaling in the control panel, too, but you get a lot more information in the info panel.
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Problems with going from Pagemaker to InDesign

Hello,
I'm going to try to make my problem as understandable as possible.
I work at a compay that has been making their catalog with Pagemaker, its a very small company so no real expertiese in PM or ID.
I know many are going to crinch when they hear this, but we are using links from excel to PM.
These links are used to change the language of the catalog. The basic idea is that the catalog is pretty much the same in all languages and its only small ammounts of text that changes depending on the language (most of it is numbers).
So we have a excel sheet with x columns where every column represents one language, every row represents a different textline. We also have a master column wich is the one that is linked to PM. This gives us the opportunity to change the language of the catalog by just pasting different language columns into the master column and update PM.
Most of you can probably see where this is going.
In design doesnt support links to excel it seems. So i was wondering if anyone has an idea that could help us transfer our catalog to ID in a smooth way and maby at the same time give us ideas how to improve our way of changing language, without too much hassle.
Any help is very appriciated
Thank you in advance
Simon

Oh i see, that explains why it did not work. thank you!
I use ID CS5.5 Version 7.5 (I think its the newest one), if this version supports conditional text it seems its an option that would be interesting to look into. I imagine it works as layers? I choose to show only the english/german/russian/.... layer of text so to say?
Does it work in the way that i make one textbox and write 3 different text's (languages) in that box and it only shows one or do i work with 3 different textboxes on top of eachother? i guess it would also be possible to link all the english/russian/german text together so i change them all at once in the entire catalog?
Thank you so much for the advice and patience, it's very helpful.
/Simon

Pdf music files coming out fuzzy from pagemaker conversion

Hello,
We are using the new conversion to INdesign since our printer will not support pagemaker printing now with Indesign now on our computers. When I try to convert a document with PDf Music files in it from pagemaker into Indesign they come out fuzzy. When I print them in old pagemaker on the printer, they won't duplex anymore, but do come out clear. In the conversion in Indesign, they do not come out clear and crisp, but fuzzy.
What is wrong here in the conversion of these same PDF files from pagemaker to Indesign?
Thanks!

Were these graphics embedded? If so, go back to PM and unembed them and link them instead.
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Converting files to InDesign CS3 from Illustrator

We have lot of files needs to be converted from Illustrator to InDesign CS3.
How can it be done? We have tried but it is coming as an image & can not modify anything.

Yeah, you're right as usual, Peter, but what if there isn't any vector artwork in the Illustrator file? You'd be aghast at the number of fill-in-the-blank forms I've converted from Illy to ID; files that needed the typographical control of ID, but didn't need any real vector content. You know, where the blanks should have been done with tab leaders, and instead are a forest of underscores, really short text boxes with "rich black" stroke, text boxes with fill but no stroke, et cetera. Forms where the only "artwork" is a 72 ppi raster logo pasted from a Word file. I could go on for hours in this vein.
You might be assuming that the OP's Illustrator files were made by a competent, non-crazy designer, and that they are mostly vector content and therefore should have been made in Illy in the first place. Over here in nonprofit-land, I can't afford to make such assumptions. So, I'm not going to assume that there's any vector content at all in Masud's files. Maybe there is, maybe there isn't. How can I judge, from the ~20 words that he's posted on the topic? I mean, maybe jongware is absolutely right in assuming that the OP is trying to make ID the do-it-all app, but we have no way to know.
Speaking of which: Hey, Masud, you had best post some details about your project (like the details that Bob requested, for example), unless you want this thread to die.

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