I have the same problem. Pagemaker crashes when I try to use JPEGs saved from Photoshop CS5.

Running on Windows XP. I don't think it is a RAM problem.

My working assumption is that CS5 saves JPEG data in a way that poor old Pakermaker can't cope with.

My work-around was to resave the images in TIFF format (still using CS5) with LZW compression. Then Pagemaker is happy with the images.

Note: when I tried saving TIFF images with JPEG compression Pagemaker would again barf.

Cheers, Paul

What Bob said. Having said that, it may have to do with the settings you used on the jpg, It never could handle a progressive jpg.

Tiff with jpg compression is a relatively new abomination created years after the last update of pagemaker.

Photoshop CS5 and pagemaker, what a combo.

Jay

Not sure what you mean by 'deadened' software. If you mean Adobe has discontinued both support and production of the product, then yes. But I am using PageMaker 7.01a on a regular basis without any problems at all. In fact I just installed the program on the 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate OS. Granted I had to sneak PM in the back door using the 32 bit Virtual PC XP Mode. he he he...but the fact remains, I can open PM while in the regular 64 bit OS. Not to say it is working flawlessly, but has any Adobe product ever? I really have no need to upgrade to InDesign. I think Adobe was waiting for the right moment to market their Quark clone, and finally saw their chance. I didn't bite. In fact my first experience with PM was Aldus Pagemaker 5.0. When I came to work in the office back in 1995, we had just upgraded from v. 4. Those were the good ol' days. And yes, NEVER place jpegs into a PM document. Lesson learned.

Yes, dead-end software is quite different from deadened software. A matter of symantics i suppose. I would have to agree that PM is indeed dead-end software. At some point i may be faced with upgrading to InDesign. It's not that i don't have the software, but c'mon, my 5 yr old version of InDesign won't open ANY of the newer documents I receive from clients -- not back end compatible. Bottom line is that i create files for the printing press and my pdf exports work flawlessly out of PM and have no trouble going through their prepress rip.

I have passed my biggest challenge -- integrating PM in the Windows 7 Ultimate OS. Luck? yes, partly, but more so determination, and of course quite a bit intellect.

If there is a will, there is a way, in spite of corporate America. After all, who's looking out for the little guy? Think of all the old hardware (scanners) that worked perfectly fine in XP that don't have 64 bit drivers. Is a 64 bit OS that much better? idk. Maybe, but in my own experience, it has just caused a lot of headache. Most people take the easy way out, which is upgrade both hardware and software, and that requires capital.