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

Report · Jan 05, 2009

I have InDesign CS 3 version 5.0.4, Windows XP, on a PC. I created a book using several chapters for a 200+ manual. When I left work on Wednesday, 12/31/08, all files were fine. I did not change anything that I am aware of.

This morning I came in, opened the INDB and most chapters had the warning triangle beside them. When I clicked on it, I got the message the plug-in was missing. I chose the option to open it anyway, but it would not open. Please, please, please tell me there is a quick fix to this.

My customer is waiting as I write this for me to send her an updated PDF of the book for her to review.

Report · Sep 25, 2011

I realize this is a really old post (and problem it seems)

I have InDesignCS Version 3, which I used extensively a couple years ago to publish 2 books.

Now it will not load my .indd files for those books. This is the notification that comes up when I try.

The plugins that I have on disc are all zipped. There were many that were already loaded when I loaded the program.

Anyway, here's the message.

Are there supposed to be other files needed to access the book (not just indd's?

Suzanne O

Report · Sep 25, 2011

Version 3 is CS1, which is more than a couple of years old. This file was created in a later version. Are you sure you don't have anewer version hanging around someplace that you've forgotten?

Report · Sep 25, 2011

Hi Peter,

Strange that. No I have no other edition. Never have had. Have never been able to afford another.

It seems very odd that so many others have had the exact same experience. Is it possible that Adobe put a time limitation on the version so that files done before a certain date wouldn't load. I wouldn't put it past them.

I would have liked to have been able to make some changes to those book files, but guess not.

S

Report · Sep 26, 2011

iamtuareg wrote:
It seems very odd that so many others have had the exact same experience. Is it possible that Adobe put a time limitation on the version so that files done before a certain date wouldn't load. I wouldn't put it past them.

No, there is no time limit on files created in any version (I still on occasion need to open files from 2001). Files created in Pre-release versions prior to CS5 will not open in release versions, but they usually produce a differnt error message that tells you that. Please send me one of these files and I'll take a look and see if I can determine the version it was saved from for you. I'm sending you a link to my drop box by the private message system.

It's not terribly surprising that this comes up with some frequency. There's quite a bit of confusion about the version numbering system CS labeled versions all have "actual" version numbers two digits higher than the CS number and many users think they have CS3 when they have Version 3. This sort of warning virtually never turns out to be anything other than a version problem.

Report · Sep 26, 2011

Your file is from CS3, version 5.0.458. It was created on a Windows XP (I think) machine in April, 2008, and last saved in October, 2008. You definitely had CS3 at that time -- the gap between creation and last save is too long for this to have been done with a trial version.

If this is a crisis I can fire up the laptop and export back two versions for you, but I can't guarantee it will look exactly the same (the text engines change from version to version, and line endings tend to drift, so there's a chance your chapters may not end on the same pages, and anything you sued that was new in CS2 or CS3 is going to disappear).

Report · Dec 22, 2015

I am using a CS4 now with ver.6.0.6. I was trying to open file (which is not my work) but it won't. What should i do or have in order to open this file? Here's the message:

Report · Dec 22, 2015

You are trying to open a file saved from a newer version of InDesign. Ask the person supplying the file to provide .idml instead (and expect some changes and potential loss of features in the converted document) or you will need to upgrade.

There is a script at Adobe Forums: [Ann] Identify Your InDesign File that will help you identify what version of ID was used to save the file.