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Whwn I try to open an Indesign document in Indesign (2020, 2021, or 2022) I get a popup window saying:Cannot open the file [... .indd]. Adobe Indesgn may not support the file formt, a plug-in that supports the file formt may be missing, or the file may be open in another application,
The file defiitely is NOT open in another application. What can I do?
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This is normally due to a plugin dependency. Were these documents created in house or by someone else?
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You can try to change the extension to .idml (InDesign Markup Language) and see if it opens. That format strips out all third-party plugin dependencies.
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Changing the extension, unfortunately, won't magically turn it into an IDML file.
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We've done this several times in the past and it's worked. We have a plugin dependency for Agility that we sometimes need to circumvent.
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Not sure what it is you're remembering but it wasn't renaming an INDD file to IDML. It's just not possible.
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I stand corrected - we have a Markzware plugin that converted the files.
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That explains it. You had me starting to wonder. š
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Is the file stored in a Dropbox, Onedrive or other cloud service folder? If so, make sure it's not cloud-only.
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Idlck file present?