In article <1176051127.617801.326200@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"SallyP631" <bobbyvans@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a (264 page, 474 - 4color photo) cookbook project in Pagemaker
> 6.5 on my old mac 8500 running system 9.1... I'm wondering if I can
> install pagemaker 6.5 on a newer mac and also transfer my system fonts
> & font suitcases to a newer machine.. I guess the question would be..
> "will PM 6.5 install and run on an intel based mac?" and "what is the
> best way for me to bring this project up to date with the least amount
> of heartache and expense?.. (purchasing and transfering new fonts/
> software, etc.)"
>
> I was thinking of picking up a G4 mac that boots in 9.x and
> transfering it to that, but if I can move it to the Intel machine now,
> I may do it now and save myself aggrivation later on..
>
> Thanks in advance for any help...
Yes and no.
A. PageMaker 7 will run under Mac OS 9 without any real problems.
I'm not sure if there are any hiccups when using version 6.5
though.
B. PageMaker 7 will run under the Classic environment of Mac OS X
on G4 and G4 Macs ... sort of. It does suffer from a few hiccups
which are annoying.
C. PageMaker will NOT run on the newer Intel-based Macs at all since
they can not use Classic. (Technically you may be able to do so
via freeware / shareware emulation, but it's not really worth the
hassle of setting it up.) For Intel-Macs you have to change to
using InDesign, which can open PageMaker 7 files (I'm not sure
about PageMaker 6.5), but they will need some tweaking since
InDesign and Mac OS X use a different font system that causes
text to ****ft - mostly fixed by lowering the line spacing /
leading. Some fonts may not be included by the default Mac OS X,
so you may have to use another font or buy new versions of the
missing fonts.
You might be better off perhaps keeping the PowerMac 8500 for running
PageMaker, and getting a new Intel Mac with InDesign. That way you can
still use the old files while learning the new system.
Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hard****ps ;o)
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