Viewing CS5 files on CS3

I have CS3 installed on my computer - some of my coworkers are using CS5 and I am unable to even view files created with CS5.
Is there something I'm doing wrong, or an update I can download to be able to view their files? Do they have to save it in some compatibility mode?
Thanks for any help.

This forum is for suite specific issues only. I can only assume you're referring to InDesign. There is no way to open an InDesign file created in a newer version. While InDesign can export a file for backward use, it can only be done one version at a time. Along the way, text will reflow and any new features will be lost or badly mangled.
This has been discussed to death in the InDesign forum. You'll need to upgrade if you want to work on these projects.
Bob

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I have Adobe Illustraotor CS3, I only need it to view artwork files sent to me, I do not need to work on them, how can I view EPS files that were created in newer versions of Adobe

"Place" is Adobe's lingo for what other software simply calls "Import".
Not exactly.
It would be interesting to read Adobe's official criteria (if it exists) for whether a particular format belongs in "Open" or "Place." But generically:
"Import" is more restrictive, in that it implies that an import filter is going to translate the incoming data into native objects. "Place" is a (rather awkward) throwback term to early page-layout programs (ex.: PageMaker), which were essentially intended to be "assembly" programs in which to assemble and arrange many multiple kinds of external files (text, raster, vector) into a page design. The implication of "Place" is that the receiving program does not necessarily have to "disassemble" or "break into" or even "understand" the content of the incoming file; it can just position and scale a reference to it on the page (i.e.; link).
The "Place" concept is particularly germane to positioning EPS files in page-layout apps. The operative word in EPS is "Encapsulated." It provides for a "capsule" that can contain a collection of objects that can be passed to/through many programs that don't necessarily understand its content.
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So "Import" is what Illustrator does (if it can) if you don't specify linking to the external file. You don't have to Open an EPS in Illustrator; you can link to it as an external file (i.e.; "Place" it on the page.)
To my mind, "Open" should be reserved for native files that were created in the program, "Import" should be reserved for non-native files that will be translated into native content, and "Place" (or "Insert") should be used for linking to external files. So Illustrator should not "Open" an EPS, since it may not have been created in Illustrator, and therefore may contain objects which will be translated with varying degrees of fidelity; it should either "Import" it (translate it) or "Place" it (leave its content alone). By the same token, Illustrator should not claim to "Open" a JPEG, either.
But remember, Illustrator was essentially a visual PostScript editor.
Also it no doubt would arguably be more confusing to newcomers to provide an Open, Import, and Place command. (So why not make the terms more explicit and intuitive in the first place, perhaps like: Reopen, Translate, Link?)
And it's also no doubt considered more "impressive" from a marketing standpoint to claim that a program can "Open" various other-brand native files, and that's where my cynical mind suspects the runaway overlap stems from. So Illustrator can ostensibly "Open" certain version Corel Draw files, and vice-versa. (No, they can Import data from each other, to varying degrees of fidelity.) Adobe, of course, is not the only offender here. For example, FileMaker claims to "Open" Excel spreadsheets, too, when it really just imports the data.
At any rate, despite frequent claims to the contrary, EPS is not obsolete in the world at large beyond Adobe apps; not until non-Adobe apps can insert (place) and/or import (translate) PDF as a spot graphic. Microsoft Word (Windows), for example, can't do that. So EPS is still needed there for those who understand its purpose and limitations. Similarly, some softwares which drive cutters / plotters import EPS files with vector content, too; but don't claim to "open" native Illustrator files.
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I noticed in a few other threads that several kind members of this forum have offered to convert files that were created in InDesign CS5 (in my case a trial version) into a format compatible with InDesign CS3 (which I have installed on my system). I apologize in advance if this is not the appropriate way to go about asking for this favor...I am just unsure of what else to do. I can clearly see now that there is nothing I can do on my end with these files, and am in a bit of a jam. I have two single-page documents that I can't access anymore, and would be greatly appreciative if anyone could help make them useable again on my system. Thank you, and again I apologize if this is an improper way to go about this.
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hi I been having this problem with most the files, i dont know why its so difficult if i am using the same program even though one is an upgrade than the other can someone please help!????

As Colin points out, backward compatibility is seldom going to work, or work well.
An alternate is to Export an intermediate file from CS5, to be Imported into CS3, and a new Project/Sequence.
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Edit very loosely, leaving adequate Handles in each Clip, and NOT adding any Transitions. The tight editing would then be done in the older version, and Transitions, etc., would be added there.
I would look into a lossless CODEC, like the Lagarith Lossless, for the intermediate file. Note: it would have to be installed on both machines, and one would have to consider the 32-bit on the CS3 machine, and the 64-bit version on the CS5 machine. I do not know how well, or poorly, those might play with each other, but I am sure that others can direct you, or perhaps suggest an alternative.
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PS - I also think that you meant something different than "CS4 into CS4... " above.
PPS - It is usually easier going UP a version, or two, though even that can hold some problems, just waiting to strike.

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I am just starting out using dreamweaver. I am trying to follow a tutorial on how to use it and am running a problem displaying .flv files. When I click on the file directly in the files panel i get an error that states "cant find a valid editor for this file extension". Does any one know how to correct this issue. I am using dreamweaver cs3 on mac os x.

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Help. I had this function in CS4 - this is a huge problem.
Is there something I am missing?
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ForrestMorgan wrote:
Is there something I am missing?
Forrest
Yes; CS4.
InDesign has never been able to export to a file readable by any version except itself or the one previous. InDesign CS5 files can be exported as .idml files readable by InDesign CS5 and InDesign CS4. InDesign CS4 is needed to export an .inx file readable by InDEsign CS4 and InDEsign CS3.
Each version of InDesign introduces features unsupported by the previous version. When you export as .inx or .idml the file must be fully compatible with the current version and all its features as well as as-compatible-as-possible with the previous version. This can get complicated to build into the file format. To ask that the format also support earlier versions is unreasonable. That would require the file to fully support the current version and all its advanced features, as well as save the same data in a way that two or more earlier versions can read, each with their own unique feature lists.
As well as losing and formatting unsupported by earlier versions when you go through this CS5 > CS4 > CS3 process, you also have a high risk of text reflowing each time you switch from one version to another. It is a terrible way to work. If you must share files between your home computer and your work computer, pick one version of InDesign and use that exclusively. That means either having and using CS3 at work or installing CS5 at home.

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This may be a dumb question but since I see you cannot save in the CS3 file format in CS5 is there a problem going the other way? Can CS5 read the CS3 file format?

pmfjoe01 wrote:
Thank you. I knew you couldn't save backward, as long as I can open the old version I can resave it in the new one.
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If you had CS4 you would export from CS5 to an idml file, then open that in CS4 and export to an inx file, which I think CS4 refers to as an InDesign Interchange file.
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Can you convert a CS5 file to a CS3 file?

I cannot find the option to convert a CS5 file down to a CS3; do I need to keep a copy of CS3?

You need to do it in steps.
In CS5 you export to IDML. Then open in CS4. Then export to an interchange format file. Then open in CS3 and save.
So yes you need all three versions to get to a CS3 version document - and there you will have lost what is not supported in the 2 versions older application. Not a recommended workflow.

I am having problems viewing CR2 files

Hi,
I using windows xp service pack3. I used before about 2 years and I never had problems, but now when I uninstall adobe photoshop cs5 because I could not see CR2 files in adobe bridge I tried install again about 3 times and unsuccessful, could you help me please.
Kind Regards
Vygis
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OOOPS It was my fault the size limti I had set was too low, I increased this and now its fine.

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