"Helpful Harry" <helpful_harry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> Waterspider's message reminded me of something I've been meaning to ask
> for a week or so.
>
> Does anyone know if the latest, newly-released version of Mac InDesign
> is file compatible (backwards and forwards) with the previous version??
>
> One of the place I work for is possibly looking at getting another copy
> of InDesign, but before they do that I need to find out if files
> created in the new version can be opened / edited in the previous
> version, and vice-versa.
>
> At the moment I use InDesign 2 on my computer. I can take the files
> into their offices and work on them in a next version, but I can't
> bring the files back again because they get "translated" into the new
> format.
>
> If the newer version of InDesign also does this, then there's no point
> in them buying it. They will instead have to try to get another copy /
> license of the same version they already have. (Buying three copies of
> the new version, one new and two upgrades, is simply too expensive.)
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hard****ps
;o)
Harry, ID2 ?
ID CS would be version 3
ID CS2 would be version 4
ID CS3 would be version 5
We run all three in one office, Mac and PC. You must Ex****t as an InDesign
..inx (InDesign Interchange) to open from previous versions, there is no
other "Save Back" feature. (The .inx files, like all Adobe Progs, are
seamless from platform to platform).
I believe the do***entation for version 3 states it can open .inx files,
but
in actuality, an update to V3 is necessary. (I have it squirreled away
somewhere and could throw it on our FTP) Not sure about ID2, you really
are
missing out on some features that far back.
In regard to cost, look seriously at becoming a member of the Adobe
Solutions Network. For less than $700/yr we get every new release of the
Creative Suite, on both platforms. That means we just received PhotoShop
CS3, Illustrator CS3, InDesign CS3, Acrobat Pro 8, Dreamweaver CS3 and
Flash
CS3 (and a few others for managing workflows between these products,
Bridge
is really nice). I deal with a shop that can't open a file and they became
members of the program while we had to jump thru a hoop or two and throw
up
a website to appease Adobe.
Good Luck
pdan
Hopefully helping Harry who has happily handled handiwork hard****ps ;o)
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