Upgrade to Indesign CS4 from Pagemaker

I have a Windows PC with Pagemaker 6.5 installed, which is listed as an eligible product to upgrade to Indesign CS4. However, on installation the only options presented for upgrade are CS, CS2, and CS3. What steps do I need to take to complete the installation as an upgrade to Pagemaker?
Thank you

You bought the wrong upgrade. Call Adobe and see if they can help.
Bob

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(I am running OS 10.4.11 on a Macbook from 2006)
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Where are you planning to buy such a package? The chances of find a legitimate upgrade at this time are slim and none.
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Hi!
Is it possible to upgrade only Indesign CS4 from Creative Suite 3 or do I have to buy the whole Creative Suite 4?
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it asks me besides the new serial number for Indesign 4 also for a serial number of CS3.
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Hello Mr. Spier,
thank you for answering. So I will buy the complete bundle.
Have a nice day
Angelika Ottenbacher
Am 13.07.2009 um 13:56 schrieb Peter Spier:
No, you cannot upgrade individual pieces of the suite bundles. They
are considered a single product.
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I belielve you have 30 days to request a refund and then you can
purchase the full upgrade.
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I am currently running Indesign CS2 and will be upgrading to CS4. I have clients who still need to open CS2 files from me and I don't have CS3 to continue saving down the inx file.
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Have finally found the courage to upgrade to a new computer and open my Indesign CS4 box. I know I bought it a couple of years ago but have never got round to running anyhting but PM 6.5 under Windows xp.
However it won't let me install and upgrade as it wantsmy Pagemake serial number. I haven't installed PM6.5 on this new machine as it now runs windows 7 but have got the old serial number which I have entered ( correctly!) several times, with and without hyphens but CS4 just won't recongnise the number and having trawled the Adobe website for a contact number for uk or even an email contact I am about to give up!
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If you're the owner of the PM-product, and if you've registered it, Adobe can look that up and give you a serial number which works. I know that at some point in the past they changed the way the serial numbers were written on the box. As I said, I had the same problem, I called customer service and after having given the pm serial number they mailed me a working number for the installation.
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yep, that is the level of service and performance you will get from Illustrator Team.
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you'll be prompted for the cs6 serail number, first. only after successfully entering that and the installer finding cs5 is not installed will you be prompted for the cs5 serial number.
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I attempted the "default printer" solution.
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My IT dept thinks the standard solution of re-imaging the hard drive is required, but that takes a day and then another two to reinstall/re-register/reconfigure all my apps. I have work to do!
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Fault Module Timestamp: 4ba9b21e
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00028e0e
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Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: abcc
Additional Information 2: abcc8f7853b48d9807d6d51eb1fa5df9
Additional Information 3: abcc
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My company is thinking about upgrading to CS4. Do you have any positive or negative feedback based on their experience with the upgrade? Should we do it?

ID started out as an individual design tool but the more it moves into larger, slower corporate environments, the more I think this is going to crop up.
The fact that they are unwilling to sell you old copies, even if you desperately *need* those old copies for whatever synchronized effort you are a part of. This is particularly true of users coming from the XPress camp, which used to have a much slower rate of upgrades. It was 2 or 3 years between upgrades sometimes, I think!
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Hi all, I have Indesign CS2 Mac, now I am switching to Windows platform and i want to upgrade to Indesign CS4 Window. Is this possible from my copy and serial number of InDesign CS2 Mac.

MWHebert wrote:
You had better hurry, as when CS5 comes out (sometime in April or early May) there is a very short grace period to do this. I found out the hard way and was too late and had no other choice than to pay to get CS4.
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I'm suggesting SUPERVISOR, because information of this kind often isn't made completely clear to regular customer-support folks. If a supervisor can't give you certain info, ask for the supervisor's MANAGER. Get the name of the person who gives you the info, so you have someone to work with if a problem arises.
Buying an expiring product in the brief period between announcement of the next release and its actual shipping date, usually results in such a free upgrade. It's important for you to get accurate information about whether upgrading a product in this period works the same way..
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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InDesign CS4 fails to open PageMaker 6.5 files correctly

After upgrading to InDesign CS4 this week, I attempted to open a PageMaker 6.5 file. It opened, but the pages were out of sequence. PageMaker 6.5 pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., opened in InDesign CS4 as pages 1, 3, 2, 5, 4, etc.
I purchased InDesign CS4 last week for the sole purpose of working on two books I created in PageMaker 6.5. For me, at present InDesign CS4 is useless. I hope Adobe provides a fix soon.
Also the upgrade rejected my PageMaker 6.5 serial number, I tried all the fixes at the Adobe website, finally after half an hour on the phone I was given a challenge/response code which then launched InDesign. If I need to reinstall InDesign, I'll have to go through the challenge response process again, i.e. another long wait on the support line.
I'm using OS 10.5.5 on the newest, unibody PowerBook Pro.

From the help files:
Flow text semi-automatically
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The text flows one column at a time, as in manual flow, but the loaded text icon automatically reloads after each column is placed.
Flow text automatically
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Click inside a text frame that is based on a master text frame. The text autoflows into the document page frame and generates new pages as needed, using the master frames attributes. (See About masters, stacking order, and layers.)
Flow text automatically without adding pages
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InDesign CS4 Mac upgrade (CS5 won't work)

Does anyone know how or where I can get an upgrade license for Mac InDesign CS4 (from CS3)?
I have the CS4 trial version installed, but when I click to purchase a license, it goes to CS5 page. I have a Macintosh G5 which is not supported by CS5.
I contacted Adobe Customer Service via live chat and they were unable to help. He kept saying to go to a reseller. But everywhere I search, CS4 is out of stock (except for illegitimate crack software).
CS5 can't save CS3 files, so I am having problems with people sending me files, and one client wants to use CS4-compatible InCopy.
I would love to get CS5, but I really can't afford a new computer right now. But I could afford a CS4 upgrade. I can't believe there isn't someone at Adobe who could generate a legitimate Macintosh InDesign CS4 upgrade serial number and sell it to me.

Thanks Bob.
I have a standalone license for InDesign.
Good point on upgrading. Although, it really isn't what I wanted to hear.
I use InDesign at home for some freelance work, but it isn't my primary job. Uprading all my software every version would be a pretty big chunk of what I actually make on my freelance work, especially last year when the economy was in the tank.

Can I upgrade to inDesign CS5 WITHOUT installing Pagemaker 6.5 plus?

I'm on Windows Vista 64 and I need inDesign CS5. Since Vista won't let me install my Pagemaker 6.5 plus, I was wondering if I can just input the licence from Pagemaker.
Thanks

It means that there is more than one upgrade. You can upgrade from earlier versions of InDesign or from Pagemaker. These have the same price but if you buy the InDesign upgrade from earlier versions of InDesign it won't accept your PM serial number.
You need to buy the correct PM to InDesign upgrade package which will prompt you for a Pagemaker serial number when installing.
Is that a bit more clear?
Bob

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This is a known issue with Suitcase Fusion 3. I can tell you a workaround and I have passed your information onto the developers so you're notified about a fix.
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