How to convert the pagemaker files into Indesign file in 2024

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January 23, 2024
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Hello,

On behalf of Sultan chand & sons Pvt. Ltd.

I wants to know about the how can I convert the pagemaker files into indesign format

Actually we are using the pagemaker before 2016. But some files are left to convert into indesign now we have indesign 2024.

We haven't purchase Indesign CS6.

How to

Correct answer BobLevine

You will need CS6 or earlier to convert those files. Perhaps someone still running it on an older system will be able to help.

Richard Groff

Inspiring

I have CS6 and can convert it for you, if you'd like.

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Guillermo35912019bsy2

Participant

Hello! I am an old designer from Chile.

Do you can translate for me an Pagemaker to InDesign.idml?

If you can my mail is [email removed as per forum guidelines]

Thanks so much. Pardon for my poor english.

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

@shree_5060 : Your fonts are actually correct (they are Type 1 Postscript, which is what was used for this document), but you haven't provided the PFB part of the files; your font folder only contains the PFM part. If you can send the PFB part along, I can restore your PM file completely. (The Chanakya is really the only one used. There is one lone character in Geetanjalilight on page 161 and just the title on page 2 uses Parimal)

As a test, I swapped in the TrueType version to see if it replaced the Type 1 version character-to-charcater, and it does not, although it comes close (Please see attached; e.g. p2), there's a few characters not mapped correctly so show as boxes. Ths is due to the fact that the original font was encoded differently than the converted TrueType version. If I had the PFB, they would be correct, and I can make you an accurate PDF.

That all being said, I could use the Type 1 versions to convert to IDML for you, but since Type 1 is no longer supported, you would only be able to open it in CC2021 or earlier. Because of the different encodings, you can't just change the font to a different currnet Hindi font without it messing it up.

The other issue is that the Type 1 Chanakya fonts had dedicated Italic, Bold and Bold Italic files, which the TT version does not. So any bold/italics in your ID document will revert to Regular throughout.

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

[EDIT: as others have indicated, the trial links are no longer active, so this response has been deleted as it no longer applies]

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christi_4130

Participant

Hello. I am very glad to hear you explain about CS6. I have pagemaker files from a magazine I did in the early 2000s. I need to open them because I did not save them as pdfs. I have InDesign versions up to 19 something, but I do not have InDesign CS6. I went to prodesigntools.com as you mentioned above. I did not find trial download exe files, just user manuals. Am I missing something?

Peter Spier

Community Expert

All the authorized sources for CS6 have been deleted from Adobe servers, I believe...

How many files do you have and how soon do you need them? If @Brad @ Roaring Mouse doesn't pop in shortly and volunteer I can probably do it for you over the weekend, but I'll be unavailable for the next few days.