RPLN Plug In Missing - will not allow me to open files

CS4 files cannot be opened direct in CS3, and there will be no update to allow that.

The closest you can come is to export the file from CS4 as .inx (interchange format) and open that in CS3 (which must be patched to the latest version). Any new features, like conditional text, used in CS4 will be lost, and text is likely to reflow if you edit due to changes in the text engine.

Peter

I have exactly the same problem with missing plugins worldready and conditionaltext. I have updated my InDesign CS3, but still doesn't work. Did this problem ever get fixed? If the file I am trying to open was created in CS4 can it be saved for CS3 so I can read it?

I have just acquired InDesign CS4 and have no prior experience with it or any other layout software. I've watched the various videos that came with the package I bought, which I bought via the Academic Bookstore. I have tried to create a new document, just to see if I can follow some of the basic instructions. When I open the document, I then go to File / Place / Look In / My Documents / -- I then select, say, a text document and press "open" - Rather than seeing my document's text come up on the InDesign document, I am seeing blue lines in a rectangle, as swell as an error message. The error message tells me "Preflight ON Profile [Basic](Working) ERROR text (1)" - none of which makes any sense to me whatever. I feel as though I am doing something hopelessly wrong right from the start and, at that, it does not get me to a point where I can even learn what I've done wrong OR simply undo what I have done to try to start over. Before this experimental phase, I tried to place a grid, such as a crossword puzzle grid, by placing an EPS file into the document. No luck there either and the whole software package froze up. Can someone mentor me through this?

Vic

If it helps any: these are the messages I get:

"The document "xxx" uses one or more plug-ins which are not currently available on your system. Do you want to open anyway?" In the window above it lists: WORLDREADY.RPLN, CONDITIONALTEXT.RPLN.

I clic OK to open anyway and the next message says: Cannot open "xxx". Please upgrade your plug-ins to their latest versions, or upgrade to the latest version of Adobe InDesign." I checked for updates and the message indicated that I am up-to-date. In the window above the message it lists the following: ASSIGNMENTS.RPLN, TEXT.RPLN, SPREAD.RPLN, MASTER PAGE.RPLN, IMAGE.RPLN, TEXT ATTRIBUTES.RPLN, GENERIC PAGE ITEM.RPLN, TEXT WRAP.RPLN, CJK TEXT ATTRIBUTES.RPLN, SCRIPTING.RPLN,LINKS.RPLN, INCOPYSHARED.RPLN, XML.RPLN, CJKGRID.RPLN, TOC.RPLN, HYPERLINKS.RPLN, PACKAGE AND PREFLIGHT.APLN,WORKGROUP.RPLN, APPFRAMEWORK.RPLN, and DOCUMENT FRAMEWORK.RPLN.

The last message I receive is, "Cannot open the document "xxx". You may not have permission or the document may be open already."

I tried opening the files directly without going through the book feature, but I get the same messages.

They haven't. The last time they were updated was 12/4/08 and I was the one who updated them. None of the other graphic designers would have any reason to touch these files. I did check properties and it indicates that I was the last one to touch the files.

BTW, I forgot to mention that all of these manual was created in InDesign 3 this year. I have been accessing these files on a regular basis to update them and never had this problem.

It does give me a message (the 3rd message in a series) that says I may not have authorization or the file is open by someone else. HOWEVER, no else has ALL these files open.

Any other information I can provide, please let me know. This will be an incredible disaster if I lose these files.

Check the time/date stamp on the files to make sure nobody else changed
them.

Bob