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I have an InDesign text document which now when I open it, it has turned into a picture document in the editor and doesn`t allow me to edit it. The indd file is filed normally, but when I open it in my InDesign it acts like a photo. What is going on? I can do anything with it. Not even print it. Have I got a configuration messed up? Any advice and help is greatly appriciated.
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I have an InDesign text document which now when I open it, it has turned into a picture document in the editor and doesn`t allow me to edit it. The indd file is filed normally, but when I open it in my InDesign it acts like a photo. What is going on? I can do anything with it. Not even print it. Have I got a configuration messed up? Any advice and help is greatly appriciated.
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Hi there,
Apologies for the delayed response. Does it happen with a specific file or all? Which InDesign version has been used to create this file?
This information would help us assist you accordingly. Looking forward to your response.
Regards,
Ashutosh
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Dave,
There is absolutely nothing that Adobe can do to assist you here other than to diagnose the issue.
When you choose the Apple Macintosh computer platform (and that is your choice), you are implicitly agreeing to play along (and pay along) with a philosophy that their new computer models run operating system (i.e., MacOS) versions that do not maintain application compatibility going forward. And even with your new system, when Apple inevitably comes out with MacOS 11.1 or 11.2, they will break application compatibility yet again, forcing Adobe and other application vendors to reprogram their applications to continue to be able to run (and also noting that such updated applications cannot run on older MacOS versions!!!).
One of the benefits of the subscription model is that within a short time after Apple releases the next neat-and-cool, cool-and-neat incompatible MacOS release (along with patches to fix same), you automatically get an update to Adobe's applications that takes into account the MacOS incompatibilities as well as new application features and fixes.
Exactly what do you expect Adobe to do to make you “feel happier about Adobe products?” The CS4 products were released in 2008 and haven't been supported in many, many years. Yes, you may have paid “over £1000” for the full CS4 Master Collection sometime between 2008 and 2010 when CS5 was released, but over time that comes out to less than £0.23 per day for use of all the available Adobe graphic arts software from 2008. (I assume you didn't pay over £1000 for just InDesign CS5!)
I know that this isn't what you want to hear, but it is reality. If you want to gripe further, I would suggest aiming your ire at Apple. It was their choice to stop supporting 32-bit applications on MacOS, not anything to do with the underlying hardware. (By the way, your next Mac will be using incompatible hardware that also requires new application versions – that is the Mac Tax!)
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InDesign CS4 is a very old version and will not be compatible with modern operating systems.