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marke84677179
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January 22, 2019
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Older version that still makes PDFs

  • January 22, 2019
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I was planning on putting out the second edition of a local history book this summer that I had done back in 2001 on PageMaker 6.5. It never dawned on me that it would no longer have the capacity to make PDF files.

It appears I will have to move up to inDesign (which, in itself, is fine since I used ID for several years at work). To further complicate matters, I do all my writing, pagination, etc. on my old desktop with Windows XP (though I no longer connect to the internet with it for safety reasons). I am hoping to be able to do this project without buying new software AND a new computer.

So, 1. what is the oldest/earliest ID version that will still make printable PDF files? 2. Is that version compatible at all with XP? 3. If not, does anyone have any ideas that will not bankrupt me?

Thanks in advance!

Mark

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    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
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    January 22, 2019

    Every single version of InDesign has been able to export PDFs. But opening a PM file in InDesign requires CS6 or earlier.

    Why not just reinstall PM on XP and be done with it. Why can't you create a PDF?

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    marke84677179Author
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    January 22, 2019

    Do you think reinstalling it would allow me to create usable PDFs? Right now when I try to export into PDF, it's just creating a Postscript (PS) file. It looks like I have Acrobat 3.01 on that computer. This is my first attempt to make a PDF from PageMaker in many years; I may not be doing something right, to begin with.

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    January 22, 2019

    Hi Mark,

    if you can do PostScript files with PageMaker you could distill them to PDF with Acrobat Distiller on the same machine.

    Regards,
    Uwe

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