how to open a pagemaker 6.5 file in InDesign 2022

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January 4, 2022
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Hi, I do have some old files are using PageMaker 6.5. I try to use InDesign 2022 to open it, seems not working. May I know any option to open the file and save the text.

How to

Correct answer Mike Bro

Hello @tol38118315,

Indesign CC does not support PageMaker documents, PageMaker files can only be opened in Indesign CS6 or earlier versions.

Regards,

Mike

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

There are a few of us here who can do the conversion for you (myself included), if you get really stuck.

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ChrissyE21

Participant

Brad - how would one go about getting help converting a file from you? Please advise.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Brad,

Thank you for your help. I got CS6 InDesign to finally install and was able to bring up the files, well currently bringing them up as we type. I did run into the graphics and fonts issue, but I had to just re-link the graphics and the fonts I couldn't find so I replaced them. Not a big deal, but a bit time consuming. The problem I am having now that I am stuck on is the following "text" issues that are coming up.

There are numerous text boxes that I have underneath photographs and illustrations throughout each book that explain to the reader what they are looking at. For example: I have an illustration of a particular way to move your feet and then a brief description of just a couple of words below the illustration. Well, the text is not appearing on the page.

Here is what the message says...

PROBLEM: Overset Text: 18 characters (character count varies)

FIX: Resize the text frame, or edit the text to fit within the frame. Add text frames to the story thread if necessary.

What they are is separate text boxes that I placed beneath photographs and illustrations throughout each book. I have anywhere from 60 to 80 plus instances of this in each book.

I have tried both making the text boxes larger, much larger and close to ridiculously larger in some cases, and the text still does not show up on the page. If I take the text box out of the page and off to the side then the text shows up. I even tried making an entirely new text box with the appropriate text inside and then I placed it under the picture and it again just disappears. I have been trying to figure out how to fix this issue for several hours and have had to just walk away from it.

Any thoughts on how to fix that?

Shawn

Sounds like a text wrap issue if the text appears when you move the frame to the pasteboard. Try selection the frame and in the Text Frame Options dialog check the Ignore Text Wrap box.