ralph890 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Hello forum got some very old InDesign files (*.indd) (produced with InDeisgn 1.5 and 3..). Publisher complains that this kind of files are not supported Is there really no way to import/open such InDesign files in Publisher ? I do not own newer versions of InDesign and I try to avoid to subscribe Adobe products. Thank's in advance! Ralph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, ralph890 said: got some very old InDesign files (*.indd) (produced with InDeisgn 1.5 and 3..). Publisher complains that this kind of files are not supported Is there really no way to import/open such InDesign files in Publisher ? I do not own newer versions of InDesign and I try to avoid to subscribe Adobe products. The only way is to rent InDesign and export the old files to IDML files as that is the only format Affinity Publisher can import. Sorry for the bad news. jmwellborn 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 43 minutes ago, ralph890 said: I try to avoid to subscribe Adobe products I've seen online services – usually likely print shops and the like – that offer InDesign format conversion and IDML export for a fee. But it will be likely cheaper to rent InDesign for a month for those $30-something and do it yourself. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Speaking of which… 48 minutes ago, ralph890 said: some very old InDesign files How many do you have…? Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 If you have exported .PDF from your .INDD files you could open them in Affinity. Also, there are tools in the web (some online, some free) for conversion of various file types to PDF, some of them seem to convert InDesign files. I haven't tried any of them so I can't recommend any. One of them seems to be this: https://pdf.wondershare.com/indesign/convert-indesign-to-pdf.html Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph890 Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 In InDesign 3.0 there is the possibility to export to "InDesign Exchange Format" . Unfortunately such *.inx files - as well - cannot be opened in Publisher 2.0 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 8 minutes ago, ralph890 said: In InDesign 3.0 there is the possibility to export to "InDesign Exchange Format" . Unfortunately such *.inx files - as well - cannot be opened in Publisher 2.0 No. You need IDML files. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 27 minutes ago, ralph890 said: InDesign 3.0 You need at least InDesign CS4 to convert an old InDesign document to IDML. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph890 Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 On 12/19/2022 at 4:56 PM, loukash said: You need at least InDesign CS4 to convert an old InDesign document to IDML. Thanks a lot to all of you for the help! Ralph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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