Make file format seamless backwards compatible

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
October 28, 2020
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For the last few years, every release of InDesign has meant older files have to be converted in order to be opened -and then trigger the save as dialog when closing it instead of just overwriting the same file.

why can't it be seamless just as with Photoshop where i can open my old files from years back with no conversion involved?

Import and export

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Correct answer rob day

This might help:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/convert-indd-cc2015-to-indd-2020-without-resave/td-p/11506722?page=1

rob day

Community Expert

If you are not using OSX here is a Javascript version of the save script I posted in the link above:

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var fp = doc.filePath;
var n = doc.name;

if (doc.converted) {
    doc.save (File(fp + "/" + n))
} else {
    doc.save()
}