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PHochgraf
PHochgraf
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August 16, 2019
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Install Indd CS6 to access Pagemaker files

  • August 16, 2019
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The company I work for still has a number of old Pagemaker files which I occasionally need to access. In the past I kept a copy of Indd CS6 installed on my machine so that I could convert them. However I recently got a new computer & when I went to install CS6 so that I can access these files I discovered that it is no longer an option. All the help forum posts & files still provide instructions as if it's just there in the app (drop down, manage, other versions).

Where can I download CS6? or is there a new preferred way to access old Pagemaker files?

"Find More Versions" takes me to This Link !

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Correct answer BobLevine

You will have to contact Adobe directly to get access to CS6. Nobody here is going to be able to help.

Good luck.

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davidh77506197
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November 26, 2020

I have found that if you open the files up in textedit you can retrieve and copy the text out of the file in most cases.  Good luck! DJH

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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August 19, 2019

Hi PHochgraf ,

if you have a valid and registered version of InDesign CS6 ( perpetual ) Adobe will help you.

If you have a Creative Cloud subscription only, Adobe would not.

See for details here:

https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-limits-software-downloads.html

Regards,
Uwe

PHochgraf
PHochgrafAuthor
Participant
August 19, 2019

I'm only a user on an Enterprise account... our IT never passed that memo down. It's real crappy that Adobe has essentially pulled all support for old Pagemaker files; as we have hundreds of legal documents in that format, from back in the day.

Although on the flip side we probably do have an old license for an earlier CS version of InDesign somewhere in the company; IT will just have to dig it up.

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JeromeTheClumsy
Participant
February 9, 2020

I wrote a techinal book on locksmithing using PageMaker 6.5. The publisher, our trade association (and I) want to reprint it. My CS6 won't touch it and when I called to ask for help I was very rudely told "we don't support that product anymore" and was hung up on. 

 

After reflecting on this for a while and have concluded that it could be argued that this is a form of theft. I know. Caveat emptor. . I believe they owe us a way of retrieving our files, even if we have to pay a reasonable fee. I would even continue to rent Adobe software because I'm writing another book and some classes for a college here. I'm small potatoes. I suspect that Adobe doesn't really care about someone like me. But it seems that a lot of us are in the same fix and it feels that Adobe is doing this primarily because they can. Have you heard of anyone working on a class action to help little guys get our intellectual property back? Thank you.

Jerome Andrews

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    August 16, 2019

    You will have to contact Adobe directly to get access to CS6. Nobody here is going to be able to help.

    Good luck.

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