Little Backsaving Snafu

I ran into a little backsaving snafu when dealing with a client's CS5.5 file the other day I figured I would share.
The document barked at me with the missing plugins in standard fashion. I requested the client backsave the file (a 96 page instruction manual with around 300 various placed vector graphics). The IDML came in and I got similar barking from InDesign in a slightly different shaped dialog box with the same (slightly different count) plugin request. This time the dialog box rather than accepting the Okay button to dismiss the error persisted seemingly regardless of how many times I hit Okay.
Turns out a couple of the placed links were also CS5.5 InDesign files that were scattered about the document. The presence of the linked files precluded opening of the document. Several force quits, the download of the trial version of CS5.5 to backsave the links, open the links, convert to INDD 5.0, and a couple cups of coffee got me back in business.
Possibly had I hit okay a few hundred times it would have continued with the full conversion and brought up a corresponding few hundred "Failed to Import File" errors, but the human in me figured that after the first 50 or so unsuccessful Okay's to the plugin error that I would have to force quit to get rid of the offending dialog box.
Backsaving once again is a blast. Can't wait for CS6 so I can merit actually blowing the $5000 on upgrades. CS5.5 still brings doesn't bring enough to the table for our print workflow to merit the upgrade.

macinbytes wrote:
I ran into a little backsaving snafu when dealing with a client's CS5.5 file the other day I figured I would share.
The document barked at me with the missing plugins in standard fashion. I requested the client backsave the file (a 96 page instruction manual with around 300 various placed vector graphics). The IDML came in and I got similar barking from InDesign in a slightly different shaped dialog box with the same (slightly different count) plugin request. This time the dialog box rather than accepting the Okay button to dismiss the error persisted seemingly regardless of how many times I hit Okay.
Turns out a couple of the placed links were also CS5.5 InDesign files that were scattered about the document. The presence of the linked files precluded opening of the document. Several force quits, the download of the trial version of CS5.5 to backsave the links, open the links, convert to INDD 5.0, and a couple cups of coffee got me back in business.
Possibly had I hit okay a few hundred times it would have continued with the full conversion and brought up a corresponding few hundred "Failed to Import File" errors, but the human in me figured that after the first 50 or so unsuccessful Okay's to the plugin error that I would have to force quit to get rid of the offending dialog box.
Backsaving once again is a blast. Can't wait for CS6 so I can merit actually blowing the $5000 on upgrades. CS5.5 still brings doesn't bring enough to the table for our print workflow to merit the upgrade.
I suggest that you post a request for improving the error message here: wish It's likely since the incompatible version of the placed files is detected, it's possible to make the message accurately describe the problem.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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