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InDesign CS5.5 PDFs cause Indesign 2.0 on OS9 to quite when importing

May 4, 2012 9:11 AM

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InDesign CS5.5 PDFs cause Indesign 2.0 on OS9 to quite when importing. Is there a fix for this?

I'm trying to trouble shoot a client issue and telling them to upgrade is not an option.

743 Views   12 Replies   Latest reply: Bob Levine, May 4, 2012 11:49 AM
 
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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    May 4, 2012 9:15 AM   in reply to pcressman
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    How are you creating the PDFs?

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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    2. pcressman,
    May 4, 2012 9:33 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    As a High Quality print PDFx/1a 2001

     
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  • Bob Levine
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    3. Bob Levine,
    May 4, 2012 9:43 AM   in reply to pcressman
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    Try the press quality setting. It should work.

     

     

     

    And suggesting that they upgrade is certainly option you should present them with. If they don’t want to, that’s another issue all together.

     

     

     

    ID 2.0 is more than 10 years old.

     

     

     

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    4. Daniel Flavin,
    May 4, 2012 10:39 AM   in reply to pcressman
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    We tend to look for answers, but without knowing what Adobe changed over the years, there's little chance of a fix for some issues.

    My post from yesterday - a simple pdf from Illy doesn't render correctly in CS2.

     

    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/998453

     
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    5. Steve Werner,
    May 4, 2012 10:42 AM   in reply to Daniel Flavin
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    I think there is an underlying message in both issues: You can't fall too far behind in technology, or the pain will increase incrementally over time. You can't expect that the ongoing technology will be backward compatible forever.

     
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    6. Daniel Flavin,
    May 4, 2012 10:59 AM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    That cannot be argued Steve - but I think the OP and I expect some stability in an Adobe created pdf going into another Adobe program.

     

    There's no edits attempted, merely proper rendering of what is now considered the defacto file format for reliable exchange.

    I have installed, along with Soxy, versions 4, 5, 6 & 7.5 to best manage my very small environment.

     
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  • Steve Werner
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    7. Steve Werner,
    May 4, 2012 11:01 AM   in reply to Daniel Flavin
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    If you're back in OS 9, you have no tech support. Almost no one else is still running the operating system. It could be the PDF, it could be the OS, it could be an InDesign 2 bug. There's no way to tell.

     
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    May 4, 2012 11:13 AM   in reply to Daniel Flavin
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    I agree to a point…but InDesign 2.0 is, as I already pointed out 10 years old.

     

     

     

    Would you express the same feelings about placing that PDF into Pagemaker?

     

     

     

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  • Steve Werner
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    May 4, 2012 11:17 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    If I had a client who was still using Pagemaker, I'd tell them that I could not help them. I cannot run Pagemaker on my system, and have no way of helping them diagnose a problem. There may be others who are equipped to help them, but happily I am not.

     

    I don't think I'd like time travel. ;-)

     
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    10. Bob Levine,
    May 4, 2012 11:25 AM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    You should subscribe to the PM forum…it gets interesting now and again. <g

     
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  • Steve Werner
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    11. Steve Werner,
    May 4, 2012 11:35 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    I think I'd best hold my tongue or I'll get myself in trouble. ;-)

     
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  • Bob Levine
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    12. Bob Levine,
    May 4, 2012 11:49 AM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    That’s the difference between us, I guess. I have very little trouble calling a spade a spade.

     

     

     

    But that’s my job as the resident curmudgeon.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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