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I just downloaded the trial version of InDesign CS5 and tried to open a Pagemaker 6.5 file with it, but on my current computer (Mac OS 10.5.8), the files only show up as an unknown file type, and InDesign doesn't recognize them at all. From what I've read in other forum discussions, all versions of InDesign should be able to open Pagemaker files. Is this capability limited to other OSs, or is the trial version limited in this regard? I suspect it can't be that because I also tried to open the file on someone else's computer using CS2, without success.
I only need to use page layout programs ever so often, so I wanted to see as well whether it's worth it to buy InDesign or to just toggle between ancient and new computers, which is getting rather tiring.
Thank you.
Emily

Are you sure it's PM file? Does it have an extension? If so, it should be P65.
The trial has no limitations at all as far as features go.
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