Open PMD 7 files in Indesign CS2

I used to be able to open my Pagemaker 7 files using InDesign CS2 - but now get a mssg saying the files are damaged (they're not since I can still open them in PM). Any ideas?

Should be a Windows Update link in the start menu, or just go to the Microsoft site and I'm sure you'll find a link. Use Internet Eplorer -- for some reason Windows update seems incompatible, at least for me, with FireFox.
Also, to avoid this problem in the future you need to go into your Automatic Update settings (Control Panel > Windows Security Center > Automatic Updates) and switch from Automatic to Dowload updates and let me choose when to install. After you do that you'll see a notifier in the system tray when there are new updates. One more thing you need to do is when you click on updates (and this is true in Windows Update online as well) switch from Express Install to custom so you can deselect the stuff you don't want (like SP3, if you want to open PM7 files in ID CS2). After you deselect an item or items and say ok, you'll see a warnign dialog that has a checkbox for "don't show me these updates again" and you should check it for SP3 in particular.
I don't know what it was in SP3 that updated to Vista code. I've been accepting all security patches and individual Windows patches without the service pack (I rolled back, myself), and I can open PM files fine.

Similar Messages

Can I open .pmd files in indesign? And how? Since indesign is a "substitute" for PageMaker it should/must be possible, but I don't know how to do it

Can I open .pmd files in indesign? And how? Since indesign is a "substitute" for PageMaker it should/must be possible, but I don't know how to do it

CS6 was the last version capable of opening Pagemaker files. It's included with Cloud subscriptions, so if you don't have it installed (or an earlier version) you can download it from your cloud subscription.
To open them you use File > Open..., but the quality of conversion can range between nearly perfect and total garbage, depending on the PM file and the status of links (unembed images before trying to convert).

Can't open Pagemaker files in InDesign Cs2

In the past i could usually open any Pagemaker 6 or 6.5 file in InDesign CS2. However this doesn't work anymore. I get a message o the screen telling me the file is corrupt and can't be opened. ( i can't really post the original message i get as it is in german).
This happens for any Pagemaker 6 or 6.5 file i have in my repository (and there are still many left so i had tried several ones from different dates and PM Versions)
As a first aid I tried to reinstall InDesign CS2 from the original discs. I uninstalledit before and did a restart of the Machine before i reinstalled it.
I use a Windows XP baesed system.
Does anyone have any idea on what i could try to get that back to work?

http://indesignsecrets.com/windows-xp-service-pack-3-breaks-indesign-cs2-pagemaker-convers ion-capability.php
Bob

Cannot open pmd files in InDesign CS

I recently find I cannot open PM7 (pmd) files in InDesign CS. I used to be able to do this (they would open as Untitled), but now I just get an error message to the effect that InDesign cannot open this file, either because it does not support the file format, it is open in another application, or a plug-in for converting it is not installed. None of these things is true as far as I know. I can't place the pmd files into InDesign either, and I think I used to be able to do that too. I have tried repairing/reinstalling the Indesign program files but this makes no difference. Any suggestions would be welcome, otherwise I am going to have to use Pagemaker for new editions into the indefinite future!
Many thanks,
Tom Johnstone.

That's very generous of you to offer to convert the files, Peter, many thanks, but I have a whole lot I need to do and I wouldn't want you to have to devote hours to it! Somebody else in the office here might be able to help with the immediate problem. I still have Pagemaker and if really necessary I can output the files for my new edition from Pagemaker. However I have many years of publications stored as pmd and p65 files and I was hoping when they came up for revision or new editions to be able to convert them to InDesign. If this is not possible because of Windows upgrades it will be a real pain in the neck, to put it politely!
Tom.

Can't open pmd files using InDesign

hi all
I have a few pmd files created back in 1996 using Mac at the time, can someone help me to open the files or convert it so I can see them in Indesign please?
Thanks

I think there are two main reasons to reopen old PMD files. (1) Make new PDFs or ePUBS for tablets or (2) republish the publication, new edition etc. What I found is that we never know if a PMD will open whit In Design or not. If you did the right thing when you worked with Page Maker you should have saved your publications "packaged" ie, with pics, arts and fonts, using an option at PM "save" dialog. If you did so MAY BE your are half the way. As I noticed in other posts and forums, In Design needs that PMD, pics and fonts to be in the same directory. When you closed the files in PM, your disc contains PM, in root but pics and fonts each in their own directory, so, ID will not open and probably loop and stall without giving you any tip of what you are doing wrong. Create a correct directory at you computer and don't try to open from CDs or worst: old zip discs an even 3 1/4 rigid discs. Install all the fonts used at your PMD work. As Adobe's faqs say, In Design will open PM 6.5 up only.
If you did the wrong things some years ago, o-ho... I are something lost. Is you do not know the what fonts to install and have no 1990s and 2000s font discs you have nothing to try with In Design.
PM has the "conflict font" dialog, ever opening the files closed without proper fonts save too. ID has not (for PMD files) and crashes. I have CS5 installed. I found that some times I do what I said above and the file opens, other times, not.
But there is 100% fail safe thing to do. Perhaps you have at the bottom of an old box your Page Maker installation disc. I found mine 6.5 and 7.0. Ok they where developed for Windows 3.1 (anyone remember?) and Intel 386 and 486 CPUs. But SURPRISE! At least Page Maker 7.0 installs and works perfect in a i7 (fast one with 8 gb), two screens, fast graphic cards and amazingly, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits without need of any reverse compatibility trick or system.
So, I installed 7.0, installed the fonts, and opened PMDs at PM, not at IN. It works! It's the ONLY SOLUTION I FOUND for unable to open PMD files in In Design.
But about the goals? You will be really amazed how fast PM 7.0 works in a modern machine. I prepared a 360 pages book with some 60 pics to be printed as PDF. The i& took an impressive low 2.8 seconds to close the file and another 15 seconds to create the PDF with Nitro Pdf Creator (freeware), and this is the very point.
As you remember, during PM era, you have to export for PDF via Adobe Acrobat Distiller that was very slow at the machines at the time. I did not tried to reinstall early 2000s Distiller because we know the amount of incompatibilities of Acrobats, and Readers, and Distillers. Old Distiller possibly will crash your actual Acrobat Reader. Then use PRINT, not EXPORT TO PDF, installing a freeware pdf printer as Primo PDF or it's big sister Nitro PDF. The Page Maker printing dialog permits to choose your PDF settings as exact size of the paper and color separation to bureaus print. Very simple and fast.
So I am printing old books an articles as PDFs with PM 7.0 an then converting to ePUB using another great freeware called Calibre.
I hope this can save a lot of time for someone and make people able reuse their old PMD files ever.
If you did not work wiht this stuff pre In Design an have no PM installation disks, ok, you could blame the market that do not offers old "used" software, that sometimes can save the day. Ask for friends is they have a copy of PM 7.

Can't Open PMD Files in InDesign CS5

Prior to purchasing CS5 with InDesign, I understood from the Adobe website that PMD (Pagemaker 7.0) files could be opened or imported with InDesign. Now that I have it installed, the PMD files are grayed-out when I try to open a file. Is there a different process to import a PMD file?
Here is one of the references:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/329/329681.html

I've never created anything in InDesign, because I just installed it this morning.
You might want to check out one of the most recommended InDesign starters' guides: Sandee Cohen's Visual QuickStart Guide.
More in-depth guides are Adobe's own Classroom in a Book, and, if you really want to get to the very bottom of the program, Kvern/Blatner/Bringhurst's Real World Adobe InDesign.

Suddenly getting "Missing Plug-Ins" errors when opening .indd files in InDesign CS2

I have a PC running Windows 7 and InDesign CS2. The laptop's installation of Windows was corrupted and I had to re-install the OS. I backed up all files, reinstalled the OS, and then reinstalled applications. One of those applications was InDesign CS2. However, after the installation of CS2 on the fresh copy of Windows, I noticed that I have trouble opening most, but not all, of the InDesign files on my hard drive.
When I try to open a .indd file I see an error message pop up that says "Missing Plug-ins. LILO.APLN, DYNAMICDOCUMENTS.RPLN, CONDITIONALTEXT.RPLN" and three more. Under that list of missing plugins is the warning "This document uses one or more plug-ins which are not currently available on your system. Do you want to open anyway?" If I click "okay" I then am met with another dialog box that says "Cannot open file. TEXT.RPLN, LAYER.RPLN" and on and on for about 60 more items.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING! I've searched around concerning this issue and it appears the consensus is that the file was opened by a newer version of InDesign. That possibility is, in fact, an impossibility. Never have I used a newer version of InDesign. The files that I am working on were backed up, stored on local storage and not touched once before reinstalling the OS and reinstalling InDesign CS2.
I also noticed that not all InDesign file formats were associated with InDesign in "Windows Programs and Defaults." I changed those to look to InDesign. I've also uninstalled InDesign CS2 and re-installed.
Not all InDesign CS2 files are exhibiting this behavior. So far, it appears more than half are, but some can be opened with no problems. There seems to be no correlation between which ones are able to be opened and which ones can't be opened.
What could have happened to these files and is there any possibility of opened them again? Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

[Jongware] wrote:
Nonapeptide wrote:
... an error message pop up that says "Missing Plug-ins. LILO.APLN, DYNAMICDOCUMENTS.RPLN, CONDITIONALTEXT.RPLN" and three more. ...
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING! I've searched around concerning this issue and it appears the consensus is that the file was opened by a newer version of InDesign. That possibility is, in fact, an impossibility.
Conditional Text was a new feature in CS4. I'm thinking, can you explain how your old CS2 documents became aware of it?
Not exactly sure myself. Abiogenesis?
[Edit]
Almost forgot. I wrote a script to unequivocally determine the InDesign version a document was last saved as:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4071273
I'll give that a try today. Even an affirmative judgement that the files are newer than CS2 would not impress me however. The fact remains, the files were copied off one hard drive over to another, the plug was pulled on the hard drive, the PC was re-imaged, CS2 was reinstalled, the files were copied back over... and whammo.

Error Message Opening PageMaker file in InDesign CS2

I'm using Windows Vista with Adobe CS2, the educational version.
When I try to open any previous Pagemaker files 6.5 and earlier, I get an error message that says the Pagemaker file is seriously damaged and cannot be opened. It happens with all PageMaker files I try to open.
This is a new HP computer and I used to have PageMaker 6.5 and InDesign CS 1.5 working fine on the old computer. Do I have to have PageMaker installed on this computer? I've tried clicking on the file to open it and from Indesign with file open. Any ideas?!

Since installing XP SP3 in addition to being unable to open Pagemaker 7 files in Indesign CS I now find I cannot open Indesign again if I close it. I have to reboot XP for a fresh start.
Also Illustrator CS opens only to present a box "Could not complete operation" and then closes. There are no problems then in opening it a second time, except it takes the usual significant time to start.
Are these symptoms of the same problem with SP3 and the Adobe software. It is disappointing to see people say neither Adobe or Redmond are at all interested.
John

Opening .pmd files in InDesign

I was lead to believe InDesign would open PageMaker 7.0 files. I have purchased a new machine with Windows 8.1 and InDesign will not open my .pmd files. Suggestions?

Which version of InDesign?
See: http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/cant-open-pagemaker-files-indesign.html

New problem opening Pagemaker files with InDesign

I have quite a lot of archive files made in Pagemaker 6 and 7 and now use InDesign CS2. Until recently I could open pagemaker files from InDesign then save them as InDesign files and away I went.
But now I am just getting an error message saying the document is damaged and cannot be recovered. First off I thought it really was a damaged document but then realised all my old .pmds were saying the same.
Is there a known issue maybe with a recent upgrade of InDesign or something?
I would really love to be able to access my old pmds!!
Thanks in anticipation.

Yes Joel you're right - XP and recently installed SP3.
Just pondering the best way forward.
I'm responsible for the IT for a small charity with 8 staff members.
I have Master Suite CS3 and use a variety of the programmes but the other staff members are only using InDesign and MS Office.
We're not a high end design set up but producing all the sort of leaflets, posters bits and pieces that we need day to day.
Decided to upgrade to Office 2010 and to do that I had to install SP3.
Stuck with ID2 for everyone else (and went to great lengths to buy some extra licenses to do so) because opening an ID2 file with ID3 creates a new file which is a big nuisance and it's expensive to upgrade across the board (even with charities having access to educational licensing concessions).
Fact of life is we do tend to have quite long-lived files and I will go on wanting to open pagemaker ones for some time to come.
I probably only want to convert a pmd once a month I guess - it's just suddenly a huge nuisance not to be able to do those few ...
I can't roll back to SP2 because of Office 2010.
I could re-set one workstation wtih XP2, Office XP and InDesign CS2 purely to be able to convert pmds. Again, nuisance and ties up a licence on a little-used machine.
I could bite the bullet and move everyone over to InDesign CS3 - will I definitely be able to open pmds from there?
Ah, just thought - I have an ID3 licence but not loaded on my computer. If I load that and use it just for opening pmds then export them for backwards compatibility with ID2 like this http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/5.0/help.html?content=WSa285fff53dea4f86173837510 01ea8cb3f-6d4d.html will I then be a happy bunny?
Would be glad of expert comment before I start faffing about!
Thanks

How can i import .pmd files into Indesign CC, which where created with pagemaker?

Hello!
i have a problem with a new Installation of indesign cc... i can*t import old .pmd Pagemaker files into it!!
it was possible with Indesign cs6, but apparently no longer..!?
..is there an extension or anything else i could use?
thanks in advance for any Tip,
sincerely Sanitest

..well, the fact that i can install an older Version of id is an releave...!but! the fact that i cannot open .pmd file in id cc is .. in my humble opinion
a bad sign of things to come.. i mean sooner or later adobe will completely cancel the ability to download/use id cs6 ... and then what?... buy an old version of pagemaker
or id 1..cs6?
if anyone close to adobe has anything substantially to say.. please go ahead..!
best regards Sanitest

Saving InDesign CS4 files for InDesign CS2

I'm about to upgrade from CS3 to CS4 but have a client who needs to open documents I create InDesign CS2. I've been saving files for this clients in CS3's interchange (.inx) format, which has worked fine. But CS4 .inx files will only open in CS3. One work around I found was on TUAW (http://www.tuaw.com/2009/05/08/tuaw-tip-saving-indesign-cs4-files-for-indesign-cs2/), which suggests opening the .inx file in a text editor and changing the version number. The resulting file should then open in CS4. I was wondering if anyone has tried this (with or without success) or has any advice on saving CS4 docs for CS2? Thanks very much!

I'll go with option 3 since I no longer have CS2 on my machine and my
client won't be upgrading anytime soon. Thanks for the help and great
advice.
I'd never use this workflow if I couldn't test it on CS2 before sending it off to the client. Don't know what to tell you here... good luck?
Me, harsh? Is that my rep?
Oh, come on. I can say it another way:
"Peter's going to be way too nice about this... DON'T DO IT."

Importing .mov files to InDesign CS2

I am trying to import a H.268 or Mpeg .mov files into InDesign CS2 and every time I select the file, I get the following message pop up:
"Error: Cannot place this file. No filter found for requested operation"
When I check the 'Interactive Options' the options such as 'Movie Option' or 'Sound Option' are graded out, so that I cannot select them.
When I google the Error message, people posted articles saying that you had to set the PDF options, but I cannot find this. I have look at the general preferences section, but there is nothing for movies. I also looked at the 'Configure Plugins' section, and 'Media.Framework' plugin is locked, but I am not sure what to do.
Please help as I need to get this finished in the next 24 hours and cannot make this work!

Please see above for what I have selected from the media panel.
In terms of the 'PDF Interactive export dialog' I am not sure what you mean, could you please talk me through this?
This is the instructions that I have been following http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/dynamic-pdf-documents.html#create_interactive_docume nts_for_pdf
However, where it says
"Buttons And Media
Select Include All to allow movies, sounds, and buttons to be interactive in the exported PDF file. Select Appearance Only to include the normal state of buttons and the video posters as static elements."
I cannot seem to find this menu, the only one I can find is Buttons & Forms and when I open this all of the options are graded out. Please see the screen grab below...

Any Suggestions for opening .p65 files in InDesign CC....

Ask a simple question and get a simple answer...see below...hilarious:
All representatives are actively assisting other customers. Your estimated wait time is 0 minute(s) and 1 second(s) or longer. Thank you for your patience.
You are now chatting with 'Laldinmawii'
Laldinmawii: Hello! Welcome to Adobe Customer Service.
Laldinmawii: Hi Sean.
Sean: Hi....I am having difficulty opening .p65 files in InDesign CC....I get an error message
Laldinmawii: Could you please elaborate your issue so that I can assist you better?
Laldinmawii: Okay, thank you for the information.
Sean: The error says that the file format is not supported but everything I see in the literature says it should work.
Laldinmawii: Okay, thank you for the information.
Laldinmawii: May I please have the order number of the product?
Sean: I just downloaded the trial version...evaluating the product.
Laldinmawii: Okay, thank you for the information.
Laldinmawii: Please allow me 2-3 minutes while I check the information for you.
Sean: The error message also states I could be missing a plug-in....
Laldinmawii: Thank you for staying online.
Laldinmawii: I will provide you our forum link, please click on the link.
Sean: Laldinmawii.....I do not see a forum link....
Laldinmawii: I am sorry to say this since Adobe Reader is a free software,there is no live chat support for free software, so please go through the forum link to resolve the issue.
Laldinmawii: Please click here.
Sean: I am discussing InDesign not Adobe Reader...
Laldinmawii: Please click on the link provided above.
Sean: I already visited the forum for help with no luck....
Laldinmawii: I am sorry to say this since Adobe Reader is a free software,there is no live chat support for free software, so please go through the forum link to resolve the issue.
Sean: There were no results for "can you open .p65 files in InDesign CC"....this has to be a problem that has been addressed already by someone who has purchased the software.
Sean: Laldinmawii....do you mean there is no free support for trail versions of the software? Your previous message is confusing as you mention Adobe Reader.
Laldinmawii: I am sorry to say this since Indesign is a free software,there is no live chat support for free software, so please go through the forum link to resolve the issue.
Sean: I guess I will not be purchasing InDesign as I have no way of determining if it can open the files I need it to....
Sean: Is there someone else on your end who can assist me with this?
Laldinmawii: Please allow me a moment while I check the information for you.
Laldinmawii: Sean, please go through the above forum link since we will not be having information on trail version.
Laldinmawii: Do you have any more questions for me apart from this?
Sean: Wow....nice service....can you at least tell me if the version I pay for can open p65 files and also why the trial version cannot open them?
Laldinmawii: Sean, would you like to know about the cost and purchase details for the software?
Sean: I know how much it costs....trying to determine if it will even work for me. At this point it appears it does not.
Laldinmawii: Okay, in this case case I will transfer this chat to our sales team, they will assist you with this, is that okay for you?
Sean: Yes...Thanks!
Laldinmawii: Please do stay online while I transfer the chat.
Please wait while I transfer you to an operator at Adobe Sales.
You are now chatting with 'Aniston' at Adobe Sales.
Aniston: Hi, may I have your first name please?
Sean: Sean
Aniston: Hi Sean
Aniston: How can I help you?
Sean: Please see above for details....
Aniston: Okay
Sean: Any suggestions?
Aniston: I am afraid this is technical issue
Aniston: Now you are chatting with adobe sales team.
Aniston: I'd recommend you to call our Technical Support Team on 1-800-642-3623 for more help on this. Available Monday�Friday, 5am�7pm PST.
Sean: Yes...your technician Laldinmawii was most helpful...Thanks!
Aniston: I apologize I am unable to help you.
Aniston: Is there anything else I can help you with?
Sean: Yes...can you remove my contact information from your marketing material?
Aniston: I wish I could help you with that. Since we are from the online sales team we don�t have access to your account information.
Aniston: However, I can transfer this chat to our Customer Service and they will help you with this.okay?
Aniston: I am sorry, did I lose you?
Sean: No please do so....
Please wait while I transfer you to an operator at Adobe Service.
You are now chatting with 'Aswin' at Adobe Service.
Aswin: Hello! Welcome to Adobe Customer Service.
Sean: Please see above...
Aswin: Hi Sean,How are you doing today?
Sean: Please see above....
Aswin: I understand that you would like to remove the contact information from your Adobe account. Am I correct?
Sean: Yes please
Aswin: Thank you for the confirming.
Aswin: I will be glad to check and help you with this issue.
Sean: just the address....the email address will be okay
Aswin: Sean, there is no address provided in your Adobe account.
Aswin: I see only the email Id in the account.
Sean: Very good thank you....
Aswin: You are most welcomed.
Aswin: Is there anything else I can help you with?
Sean: I must say this chat experience has been very unfavorable...perhaps you can forward this along...Nothing else...have a nice day.

fyfesa1970 wrote:
Ask a simple question and get a simple answer...see below...hilarious:
All representatives are actively assisting other customers. Your estimated wait time is 0 minute(s) and 1 second(s) or longer. Thank you for your patience.
We all can learn from this. Whenever you get stuck in a customer-service situation that goes nowhere, as soon as you become aware of the futility, get the name and employee ID of the person, then say, "I don't mean to be rude, I think we're both wasting our time. Perhaps you weren't trained for this issue, or perhaps your system isn't displaying the correct information. It doesn't matter, because I'm not getting proper customer support this way. Please ESCALATE this to your highest-level manager IMMEDIATELY. If that person isn't availabe, ESCALATE me to that person's highest-level manager. If you haven't been given the proper training, you can use this to inform your manager that you need the training. Thanks for trying to help. I appreciate it. I have copied and saved this chat session. NOW PLEASE ESCALATE THIS CASE AS I HAVE REQUESTED ABOVE. I'm waiting now... "
The point is that you're a customer, and the company needs customers, so the individual who's failing to deliver good service needs to be identified so they can be properly trained, and so that problems in the system can also be identified, but more important is that you get the service you're entitled to.
If you search the forum for similar questions, you'll see the kind of information that the volunteer users like yourself on the forum need to know about your system and files involved, so they can help you better.
Good luck.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices

Can you open ai files in indesign?

Can you open ai files in indesign?

It's also possible to copy from AI and paste into ID, but for a complete illustration I don't recommend it.

Open PMD 7 files in Indesign CS2

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for