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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Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi Steinrueckn:

Are you able to open up the image in Photoshop? If so you can save it as a .PSD, or export it to a JPEG or PNG. Any of those formats can be placed in InDesign.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Geоrge

Legend

Download example to some dropbox/yadisk service and give us the link. Without file you can't expect real help in your question.

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

steinrueckn

Participating Frequently

I have the same issue it is with a JPEG. I did not change the file type. There is clearly something else going on here. Can you please expand on these issues?

steinrueckn

Participating Frequently

Sorry file type .JPG

Jongware

Community Expert

Is its file type one of the supported types? See a list on Supported file formats for InDesign (it says "CS5" but actually I don't believe the list has changed in the past decade – except for the very latest version, which added SVG).

Also, remember that changing a file extension does not magically make the file a correct type! You cannot rename a file from, say, "document.pages" (which would be an Apple Pages file) to "document.docx" and expect it to work.