Pagemaker 7.0 to InDesign CS2

I have several PageMaker 7.0 files that I want to open/convert to InDesign but when I try and open them in InDesign I get an error message: The PageMaker document is damaged and cannot be recovered. It opens in PageMaker just fine so I renamed it and resaved it but got the same error message. I followed the instructions in the Help file under "To open a PageMaker document or template."
Do I need a plug-in or something else to open the files? I hate to lose them.

Yes, I am running SP3. Thanks for the link. I would upgrade if I could afford it. I guess I could uninstall SP3 long enough to convert the documents and then reinstall it.

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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.

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

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 PageMaker 7.0 docs in InDesign CS2

I want to open PageMaker 7.0 documents in InDesign CS2. InDesign gives an error message "The Pagemaker document is damaged and cannot be recovered" but the document open perfectly well in Pagemaker.
Any suggestions?

Try using the Save As command in PageMaker. It will rebuild the file, ideally eliminating potencial causes of conflicts that PM can handle but ID can't.
Another suggestion is to split the PM file in smaller ones. This not only will make the files more digestible for ID, but will also serve as a diagnostic procedure: the files that ID won't open are the ones that have whatever ID is complaining about. In this case, you can pinpoint where the problem lies (maybe embedded images or stray elements in PM) and try to correct it.

Just starting to use InDesign CS2 and can't pull up my previous Pagemaker files; what do I do?

Just starting to use InDesign CS2 and can't pull up my previous Pagemaker files; says "damaged and cannot be recovered"
How can I retrieve those?

I have no idea what "diagnostic recompose" is...
Step 3 in this linked technote will show you how to do a diagnostic recompose - on a Mac. Instructions for doing it on Windows are out there somewhere, I'll try to find 'em if you can't. The technote tells you to remove graphics from master pages; I'd also unembed graphics (make sure all graphics are linked, not stored in the PageMaker doc) in order to try to get it to open up in ID.
I'm sure there are more things you can try, if that doesn't work, but my broken-PageMaker-doc skills are pretty rusty.
Also, you may want to edit your response on the forums webpage, and delete it from your future email-replies, so your email address and phone number aren't preserved for all to see on the forums, forever.
Edit: Step 3, not step 4

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.)

Import von PageMaker-Dateien in InDesign CS2

Hallo, Experten,
beim Versuch, PageMaker (V6.52)-Dateien in InDesign CS2 zu öffnen, erhalte ich immer die
Fehlermeldung "Das PageMaker-Dokument ist beschädigt und kann nicht wiederhergestellt werden."
InDesign CS2 läuft unter Windows 7 64-bit.
Eine Testdatei habe ich hier
http://er.jost-group.com/26test_a.p65
abgelegt.
Wer kann helfen?
Dank & Gruß
Robert

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. :-)
Zum Wesentlichen:
Nach einiger Recherche kruder Kommentare im Internet hat sich bei mir das Problem auf einen wesentlichen Punkt fokussiert:
--> Service Pack 3 bei Windows XP professional
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.
Das hilft Dir nun womöglich unter Windows 7 (64-bit) womöglich als Information zunächst nicht weiter, aber:
Zwei Lösungsmöglichkeiten für das Problem als Vorschlag von mir:
1. Hast Du einen alten Rechner übrig, auf dem Du Windows XP installieren kannst oder wo noch Windows XP drauf ist?
Dann diesen Rechner nehmen, dort Adobe InDesign CS2 drauf soielen, mit USB-Stick Deine alte Pagemaker-Datei da drauf bringen und in InDesign importieren. Wichtig: Windows XP darf dort nur mit max. Service Pack 2 aufgespielt sein (und wenn die Kiste am Netz hängt, mal die automatischen Updates ausschalten)
2. Wenn Du keinen extra Rechner für ein altes Windows XP übrig hast oder aber von einem bestehenden XP-Rechner das Service Pack 3 nicht deinstallieren willst - aber genug Festplattenspeicher auf Deinem aktuellen Windows 7 Rechner hast, dann probier's mal mit einer "Virtual Machine"-Software:
a. Wenn Du Win7 in der professional-Version hast, dann gibt es sogar von Micro$oft einen offiziellen virtuellen XP-Emulator, siehe mal unter: Windows XP Mode, Link: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-de/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode
Da ich gerade nicht weiß, ob hier das Windows XP im "Service Pack 3" Status emuliert wird, würde ich, um auf Nummer sicher zu gehen vielleicht eher folgenden Weg vorschlagen:
b. Oracle Virtual Box: https://www.virtualbox.org/
Ist eine kostenlose Virtualisierungssoftware, die Du einmal aufspielen musst und in der Du dann zum Beispiel ein Windows XP (mit max. Service Pack 2 !!!) hinein installierst. Ist soweit eigentlich alles relativ selbsterklärend.
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?
Windows XP mit max. Service Pack 2 wäre (für dieses Problem) jetzt immerhin mal ein Lösungsansatz! Also, die gute alte Software nicht gleich wegschmeißen! Hoffe, Du kannst mit der Info noch etwas anfangen. Wenn nicht, dann vielleicht andere. :-)
Viele Grüße aus Berlin.

Printing graphics from InDesign CS2 to an HP 4000 PS Laserjet

My HP 4000 Laserjet will not print InDesign CS2 documents that have pictures, other graphics, or objects created in InDesign with either a drop shadow or feathered.
I have an HP Laserjet 4000 which I previously used with Pagemaker 6.5. I could set the screen lpi and angle values for exactly as it needed to be using the Acrobat Distiller PPD and print documents (with pictures and graphics) to the post script printer with no problem. Now I am using Adobe InDesign CS2 and I don't seem to have same the printing options and control that I had with Pagemaker. But mainly, in Pagemaker, when I printed a document I could select the HP 4000 PS printer in the Print Document box and it listed Acrobat Distiller in the PPD box which is what I used.
Now with InDesign CS2, when I select the HP 4000 PS printer it only shows the HP 4000 PS series ppd (and this may be correct). Although I can still set the values for screening (lpi) and screen angles and screened objects that are created in InDesign will print to whatever screen values I selected, the document will not print when pictures and other graphics are placed into the document or if an object created in InDesign has a drop shadow or is feathered. When I remove the graphics and drop shadow, it will print, however, another problem is that it will not print certain fonts properly (leaving out certain letters in certain words - for instance the "l" in "floor".)
Is this a compatibility issue between this older Laserjet and InDesign -- is there another driver that I need -- or am I overlooking something that's obvious? I'd appreciate someone's help who may know what the problem is so I won't be doing the trial and error thing.
Thanks,
Cliff Stone

Thanks everyone for their input. As far as the memory shortage, I'm pretty sure that's not the problem. I can create a document in Pagemaker of only 200KB that prints fine and the convert the same document to ID and it fails to print.
I think Dov is right about the 4000 because I remember when the printer was new, there were some incompatibility issues with Pagemaker that I had to work around. The Adobe people told me back then that Pagemaker and HP postscript printers didn't get along very well.
I'll check with HP again (I've already written to them twice with no response) and see if the firmware upgrade Dov mentioned is still available, however, even though this 4000 has been very durable and a real workhorse for me, it may be time to put it out to pasture and invest in a new Postscript laserjet.
Any recommendations?
Thanks again for everyone's help.

Problem opening PM7 in PC Based InDesign CS2

Hello,
I am attempting to open MAC based Pagemaker 7 files in PC based InDesign CS2. I get the following error message: "Cannot open the file...Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, a plug in that supports the file may be missing, or the file may be open in another application". It's not the latter as I can't open it in any other format. Interestingly a coworker working on Mac based InDesign CS2 is able to open the Pagemaker file within InDesign. But when I open that InDesign file on my PC and attempt to make a type change and save the file it crashes my InDesign and I get the following error message: InDesign.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." I am able to view and print this file but not make any changes. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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CS2 and earlier will not open PM files on any machine running XP SP3, Vista or Win 7.
If you recently added SP3 to your XP machine and you have to open PM files you'll either have to roll back to SP2 or upgrade to CS5.
Worth noting is the fact that CS2 is the earliest version eligible for upgrade pricing.
Bob

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Try trashing your preferences: Hold down Shift + Control + Option + Command immediately after launch. You'll get a dialog asking if you want to delete your preferences. If no dialog comes up you didn't do it fast enough.

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Start by asking in that forum
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Illustrator CS2 and InDesign CS2 not starting - here is how it was solved.

This document is merely a compilation of information found at the sources named at the bottom of this document.
Basically running older Adobe CS2 Software on a MacBook Pro 10.6.x Snow Leopard - probably like many of you that either can't afford the upgrade to CS3, CS4 or CS5, or maybe don't see the need to do so. It's running good but it is slow since it is using Rosetta, but it does work - well, used to work.
Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, Photoshop CS2, etc. were all running fine after the upgrade to Snow Leopard (under 10.6, 10.6.1 and 10.6.2). Then the update to 10.6.3 was installed. At the same time a bunch of other updates - including the Acrobat 8.2 update - were installed. Not really sure what did it, but all of a sudden Illustrator CS2 stopped responding at the start up screen - no longer started up and InDesign CS2 popped the registration/licensing screen. When trying to enter license info on first key press the application quit entirely.
So maybe the 10.6.3 update was the culprit. Never even thought that it could be the Acrobat 8.2/8.2.1 updates. Then I found this thread here:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/613287?tstart=0 (good reading)
Which ultimately pointed me the the instructions here:
>start quote from http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/534/cpsid_53468.html
Replace the corresponding files present in the “ /Library/Application Support/Adobe/TypeSpt/Unicode/Mappings/” folder with the one attached to this document.
Download the attached Mac.dmg (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/534/cpsid_53468/attachments/Mac.dmg) file to a machine where the issue is seen.
Close all Adobe applications
Double Click the Mac.dmg file to mount it.
Copy Mac folder from mounted image. Paste it to /Library/ApplicationSupport/Adobe/TypeSpt/Unicode/Mappings/.
A message appears to confirm to replace the existing 'Mac' folder. Replace the 'Mac' folder.
Launch Illustrator or InDesign CS or CS 2.
The Mac folder attached to this KB document already has the correct permissions set, so it should not be necessary to complete the steps below. However there may be cases where the permissions for the Mac folder get overwritten. In such a case, the original issue can reoccur. To solve this issue, complete the steps below:
Follow Solution 1 and make sure that all Adobe applications are closed.
Right or Control click and select 'Get Info' on the Mac folder in “ /Library/Application Support/Adobe/TypeSpt/Unicode/Mappings/”, which you have copied from the .dmg file attached to this document.
Verify that under 'Sharing and Permissions' all users listed have no write access
If a change is required, click the padlock symbol and provide your Administrator credentials
Select the user which has Write access and change it to 'Read Only'.
Ensure the user 'Everyone' is set to 'No Access.
To check if the issue has been solved, launch Acrobat 8.2 and then Illustrator or InDesign CS or CS 2.
< end quote
Even after following the instructions still "no love" from Illustrator CS2 or InDesign CS2. InDesign did no longer show the registration screen, but it didn't continue launching, and Illustrator progressed further along in the start up sequence but also never finished launching.
Then I found another article on the adobe site. I am just quoting the part performed and which ultimately did the trick.
>start quote from http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/326/326388.html
Steps 1 and 2 are not relevant so no need to do them
3. At the Finder, choose File > Find.
4. TypeAdobeFnt10.lst (Illustrator CS2), select the system drive, and then press Return.
5. Delete all AdobeFnt10.lst files found.
6. Restart the computer.
7. Restart Illustrator. Illustrator creates a new Adobefnt10.lst or AdobeFnt07.lst file.
< end quote
So, this solved the problems at least for the time being. Hope this helps someone else a bit.
Download files:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/534/cpsid_53468/attachments/Mac.dmg
Sources:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/613287?tstart=0
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/534/cpsid_53468.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/326/326388.html

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I'm fairly sure I was at 12.0.1 already when I moved from Leopard to Snow Leopard and it was that, not a Snow Leopard update, that "broke" CS2 12.0.1. If I remember correctly, if you now try to apply the update, it won't go through with it anyway.

I am trying to finish a book in InDesign CS2 with another person. My old XP computer became unstable and I had to get a Windows 7 computer. I was able to install CS2 on the Virtual XP Machine on my Windows 7 computer, but I cannot register or activate it.

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you can download a new installer and serial number from Adobe at Adobe - CS2 Downloads

How can I get back the "edit original" option in InDesign CS2?

I am using InDesign CS2 version 4.0 on a new windows 7 pc.
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Opening the document on a different computer is a meaningless test for something like this.
The link could well be present there and not on your computer.
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