Graphic design is about the final product not the software version it was created with. Adobe should make sure that inx files do not reflow when saved to CS3. I supposed we could always go back to using Quark Xpress. Adobe only finds workarounds for us sometimes after they release their software.
This goes back before InDesign even came out. And what we want for hi res is not what so many customers think hi res is I could go on for paragraphs for what that is! Keeping up with the latest software is an expensive and touchy issue in this economy. So taking it out on your printer is not the answer. Trying to get those all to work is quite stressful at times. The customer saw proofs with the problem and OKd them. My issue is slightly different than the others in that I work in the localization industry and exporting INX is required as an interchange format from InDesign to the Translation tools similar to what MIF does for FrameMaker.
This is not an override — the paragraph styles are now set to italic. The work around is to import all of the styles from the original IND document. However, it is unclear to me how a paragraph style could be updated like this automatically? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tamara: It is relatively likely that the translation software that is reading and then writing the INX files is introducing an error into the file.
I think because I made the page numbers in the file starting over in the document, the file will no longer open long enough to make the change to automatic numbering. Uh, yeah, trying save a cs5 file into cs3 using your interchange format is a problem. John, so far every version of CS was only able to down-save one version down. Your complaint has echoed through the decade, with each new version …. I was having the same issues. I could not open files from ID4 to ID2.
After doing research online I found the solution, it works every time you can even open them in ID1 if necessary. As I found out the hard way today. Way to Quark it up, Adobe. And Adobe, clever lads and lasses they are, inserted a version number in the file.
Adobe CS2 looks at the version number, sees that the INX file is targeted for CS3, and pops up an error message without even trying to open the file. Replace line number 2 which looks like this :.
Easy peasy. Use caution, though: This works best for simple layouts. The more complex your layout, the more likely it will unexpectedly change when re-imported into a lesser version of InDesign. Additionally, there are sometimes reasons for staying with a printer you like. Adobe should have an answer for this type of situation besides changing printers which cause lots of pain for those who actually have to make the system work. I have been an InDesign CS-3 user for years now, the recession and economic downturn negated me from upgrading to CS-4 but I am working at a firm that recently got CS-5 for one new intel Mac only to find those files will not work on any of their older power-pc Macs with Indesign CS-3 on them ….
David and Ann-Marie and other whizzes out there , there has got to be a way around this right? Thanks, Ray. That trick was first published here on this site by Mike Rankin. Is there any way that we can open the file with the name in which I saved it previously. Adobe did have an answer. It was to discontinue the Service Provider program that made it easier to always have the current versions and get support on issues surrounding their products.
An outside designer sent me a packed. However, when both myself and a colleague have tried to open the. Before trying to open, I made sure to download the latest plugins from the adobe website. My only problem is all of the tables. Chapter 8 is all tables, and CS4 has started crashing in this one chapter only. My Q: then what? If I open right back up in CS4 will it make any difference? Any help would be appreciated. I need to send a file to another designer who will make final changes and create the final files that will go to the printer however I have CS4 and they have CS3 and is unable to upgrade at this time.
The problem is I have placed images on the pages and when I create the INX file and send it to him the doc loses all images. Am I doing something wrong or is this a problem everyone has when doing this? Joy, are the images showing up in the links panel or is the links panel empty when the CS3 designer opens your CS4 inx file? This is a dumb question, so sorry in advance … did you also send the images to the designer along with the inx file?
Did the designer relink the images after opening the inx file? The images were sent separately and I think that is what confused the issue. We are looking into some other possible solutions. Thanks, Judi! Hey, I have faced a problem when I created an inx file from CS4 and sent it to graphic designer, on the other PC in CS3 all the links were lost and it doesnt recognise the previously linked pics Any advice?
Documents in tabs? If conditional text works as good as it sounds, this will make up for it ;. Cause I wait a long time for that. As I wrote at indesignsecrets. I cannot be sure, that my post had any influential to the development, but psychologically I feel connected. I think, I will send more feature requests from now on. Ok, all looks fantastic. Just looked at the prices, and compared these with the american store….
So I can fly to NY, buy it and get back, and still save money. And why should I care about Flash, I work in the printing industry, it would be better that you could choose to leave away the extra bells and whistles Indesign Extended… Looking at CS4, I have no need to upgrade, they should have called it CS3.
For now we will stay with CS3, and, unless Adobe changes the overseas prices, we will use it for quite a while…. I agree with some of the commenters here, an improvement to the footnotes feature is overdue. I usually do them manually.
Can that Conditional Text feature be applied to other objects as well? For example, can I use this to swap an image of a flag to indicate which version of the document it is? Or do we need hacks for that like making images anchored objects?
And is this feature powerful enough for real multi-language documents, not just an US and a UK version? Since tables are essentially anchored objects, entire tables can be made conditional too as well as discrete text selections within.
So are tabbed windows! You can turn that off entirely in Prefs. Software takes a long time to write! David: October seems mighty soon. Has it really been 18 months since CS3 was released? Jeremy Schultz at CreativePro. I disagree. The changes in ID are huge for many users. Check out the PhotoshopCafe. They also have an exclusive and funny interview with John Nack. Pariah S.
Burke at QuarkVsInDesign. Thanks, Eugene! Regarding release dates, the Amazon CS4 pages give us various dates in November, early to mid-month. Given that Amazon was about two weeks delayed with their Lightroom 2 shipments, I would take even those dates with some salt. The magazine is so helpful.
Will we have to do the. The rest were on CS2 and earlier. We talked about this a bit in our latest podcast, 87 where David and I talk about the new CS4 features too. You can do that now in CS3. Those really useful, time-saving features can wait, of course — seems like we have to deal with not really interested monopolist.
That looks to be one of the most interesting new features to me. Steve, the IDML format is really interesting for developers.
More interesting is that developers could write IDML to disk even without InDesign, send you the file, and you could open a finished indesign document! Gurus Unleashed list of InDesign blog posts. But so few people still use OPI anymore that it? I guess Adobe never heard of anyone using the RAMpage rip then? Never had any issues doing this until CS3 came out. If I go the old fashion way, and write a postscript file the PDF works fine, but thats time consuming.
It was a good system, but used PREPs for imposition, to be honest it worked fantastically. I just made a post to an Adobe blog in which I asked who came up with an idea so unique.
Without being able to add text with character styles, all the wonders you could do with those utterly marvelous nested styles go away. I saw one preview that seemed to say it does.
Does the originally typed text remain in the document, with the changes only applying to what is displayed and output? Last but not least. In the midst of every problem, there lies a business opportunity. Many of these features were in place a year ago. It just takes a long, long time for them to get tested, debugged, fine-tuned, and so on.
Software is a far slower process than it seems. Mike Perry: could you include Australia in your business ventures? Does anyone know if that was fixed in CS4? Is it still this way in CS4?
In addition to CS2. In fact, I think just notice my blood pressure rise at the thought of it…. Re dealing with multiple versions to support clients … Personally I think this is a no-brainer. If a client will need the actual live InDesign file in its final format, then create and produce it in the version they have. You can occasionally boot up later versions to automate discrete elements like a multi-level autonumbered list , then export that to.
Using the latest version to create and produce the actual layout file, then saving out to. To see how ID handled the conversion of those features, you have to go over the result with a fine-toothed comb. To me backsaving an ID file is a last resort, when no other options are available. Same holds for a few other features such as text variables. I suppose you could PDF the pages in question and drop them in, but all in all your final conclusion is dead on.
Good points, Anne-Marie. The rest would be one of a kind files. Files typically have 3 or 4 layers; some text flow; rarely text flow around an object; some background shading behind some text. Nothing very complicated. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
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