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Cannot place this file. No filter found for requested operation.

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November 22, 2019
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"Cannot place this file. No filter found for requested operation." I am using InDesign 2020 on Mac. Please advise.

Import and export

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I am having this issue with an excell file. I renamed the file to musik.xlsx - I downloaded it from google sheets where it was created. I just really need to set up a graphic version of this document in ID- Any idea what the issue is?

leo.r

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I am having this issue with an excell file. I renamed the file to musik.xlsx - I downloaded it from google sheets where it was created.

By @raklotv

Do I understand correctly that it's not an Excel file but a Google Sheets file to which you assigned an Excel extension? This can, potentially, cause the error you experience. Try to open it in Excel and resave from there. (Unless you can't use the original Sheets file as is?)

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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@leo.r AFAIK, you can't save a google sheet file--it's automatically saved.

You can only download them into other formats including Excel.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Payton28655592c16a

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I'm having this issue, too. It's a docx file, using InDesign 2023 on PC, and the file was one provided by an online course I'm taking. Any tips at all?

Randy Hagan

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I'd suggest opening up the file in MSWord and exporting it as a Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

That's traditionally given me the best results with wonky .docx files.

Hope this helps,

Randy

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Payton28655592c16a

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Okay, I'll give it a try! Thank you!

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ItsAj

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I know this is an old thread but I had the same problem and opened the photo with an edit session in Windows Photos (right-click on photo and "Edit with Photos". I'm sure Mac has the same type of default easy photo editing?) and "Save a Copy". I didn't make any actual edits, I just figured if I re-saved it, it would fix it and I wanted to do it quickly and simply rather than open it in Photoshop and it worked.

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ItsAj

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I should add that I was able to view the photo with Windows native photo viewer and says it was a .jpg but it kept giving me this error. Once I re-saved the photo this way, I was able to Place the photo in the document.

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Laubender

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Hi default4jskvcgnmnd9,
if you placed the EPS file before, open the InDesign document where you placed it once and copy/paste it to your new document. Will this work?

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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default4jskvcgnmnd9

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I'll give it a try, thank you.

Geоrge

Legend

This "Cannot place this file. No filter found for requested operation." error looks like an old bug from times of version CS2 when you can't place file that contains cyrrylic or other non-english symbols in the name of file or in the name of the folder, check all the path of folders and file names and exclude such symbols.

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner

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default4jskvcgnmnd9

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Thanks George, it's using the same file name as before when I was able to open it so I don't think that's the issue. I'll have to figure out some type of workaround. It seems like a difficult problem.

Willi Adelberger

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Normally InDesign should recognize the file type.

But I am aware on 2 issues:

If the extenson is missing/mistyped (also on the Mac) InDesign does in the latest version not recognize the file type. Solution: add the correct extension.
Sometimes the image needs to be opened in Photoshop and saved again in Photoshop and InDesign will recognize it correctly. But don't do it with a PDF. Open the PDF in Acrobat Pro and save it with a new name. With an AI file, open it and save it again as AI or PDF/X-4 file in lllustrator.

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default4jskvcgnmnd9

Participating Frequently

So the file I'm trying to place in InDesign 2020 is a file I've place before with no problem. It's a vector eps and when I try to open it in either Photoshop or Illustrator, I get error messages. I'm having this problem with other vector eps files so it's not isolated to one file. Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign also won't open other file formats of this file. Please advise.

Geоrge

Legend

.eps is an evil, resave all of them to .ai and re-place into the publication.

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner

Ramzel

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I am facing the same issue. I am trying to place a file in word format. Please advise.

Geоrge

Legend

Did you read my previous post here?

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner

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if_krystian

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Had the same issue today with a PDF downloaded from the web. I opened the PDF in Acrobat, saved it on the desktop then dropped that version in which worked fine. I tried a couple of other PDFs and they worked so it must have been something in the file it didn't like 🤷‍♂

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megcb39

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I had the same problem, trying to place an image which was already in the indd doc on another page 😕😕 However re-saving the image with a shorter file name worked so maybe it was a server thing.

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

Also, what version of InDesign are you? What macOS version?

Mike Witherell

graphiquedesigns

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I'm having this exact issue. InDesign is up to date. Using a MacOS Mojave.

Trying to import an Excel spreadsheet into ID and I get this same error message. Please advise!

Thanks 🙂

Geоrge

Legend

Try to save this file to some root folder without any special or non-latin character.

Cannot place doc, docx nor rtf: InDesign (at least 15.0.1, 15.0.2, 14.0.3) crash or warns re filters

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner

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