InDesign CS2 to InDesign CC

[Johan2605902227t3]

I am still working in my version of CS2. But my new computer can't run that anymore, so I finaly have to update to a new version.

Is it possible to open documents made in CS2 in the newest version of InDesign?

Exporting / importing is not a option as far I can find.

[BobLevine]

InDesign 2022 can open any older InDesign file dating back to InDesign 1.0 in 1999. If it won't open you have other problems going on.

[Johan2605902227t3]

Thank you. Then I upgrade to Indesign 2022 instead of Affinity Publisher.

[J.27694453cxx1]

I finally installed the newest InDesign and can open older documents form version CSS2.
But everything is locked, I can't change anything.
So Opening an old file is only Opening, thats it? No conversion, no changing of text, etc.?

[Steve Werner]

Check the Layers panel (if necessary, click the triangle to the left of a layer) to see if you have a lock symbol on objects, you can click to unlock them.

Check the Master Pages to see if the objects are on a Master Page instead of a document page.

[J.27694453cxx1 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the help. Was my mistake. I opened a few documents, and all of that documents had a picture as background. That picture contained all the text. So changing text wasn't possible because there was no text.

I made a fres document in CSS2 and can change everything in CSS2023.
Thanks again for the very fast reply.

[Steve Werner]

Hi, I'm glad you figured it out and I hope you enjoy learning InDesign 2023!

[J.27694453cxx1]

There is not so much to learn, working with Pagemaker en Indesign a long time. Very easy tot use.

[BobLevine]

If Steve's suggestion doesn't help, if you want to post one of those files, someone can have a look.