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InDesign CS2 and InDesign CS3 compatability...

Asked by: jbromley

Okay, not urgent, but we're all thinking of moving over to CS3 using mainly InDesign to design a magazine here. We currently use Quark 6.5, but the issue we might have is that if everybody in the office moves to CS3 there are one or two sub-editors who still use CS2 InDesign.

So, the question is - if a page is created in CS3 is it file compatible with CS2 (obviously losing CS3 specific tags) or would the CS3 people need to save it as a CS2 file, and then re-upload when they get it back?

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2007-09-06 at 02:23:48ID22810195
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Adobe InDesign Publishing Software

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Answers

 

by: thinkwelldesignsPosted on 2007-09-06 at 05:40:15ID: 19839512

You can't save Indesign files to a lower version like you can with Quark. Never could with Indesign, and still can't save CS3 down to CS2.

I would recommend everyone getting CS3 for the smoothest workflow. The only way for CS2 to use a file made in CS3 is to import as PDF.

Well, I suppose you could POSSIBLY export your CS3 file to a .inx file, then import the .inx file into CS2, but I haven't ever done such a test myself. I would certainly avoid it as a regular workflow necessity.

Indesign CS3 supports Table & Cell stylesheets which was a $299 plugin before. That feature alone is worth the upgrade to me. CS3 has been very solid for me. I recommend it!

 

by: walkerkePosted on 2007-09-06 at 07:16:23ID: 19840216

I work for a printer so we must support the latest version of InDesign. However, my work involves variable data for which we us a third party plugin to InDesign which is not available for CS3. So far, we've only receive one CS3 file which was intended for variable data but I was able to export it as an InDesign Interchange file and open it in CS2 to add the variable data fields. It worked seemlessly in this case, but that was just one instance.

It would be a pain for someone using CS3 to have to export the file in order for the CS2 operator to access it, though. You definitely would not want to be going back and forth between the different versions.

 

by: jbromleyPosted on 2007-09-07 at 04:19:32ID: 19846674

Thanks for the input folks, it isn't a "workflow necessity", as it would just be one of the sub-editors for the magazine might need to open the file and change some text, then do resend it.

Can you actually open a CS3 file in CS2 (ie does it error at all?) Or does it warn you that some of the features might be missing?

 

by: thinkwelldesignsPosted on 2007-09-07 at 04:46:25ID: 19846786

You can't open CS3 files in CS2. The only way is to use CS3 to convert the .indd file to .inx. Then send the .inx file to the CS2 user and have her import the .inx file into CS2 and save as a CS2 version of the .indd file.

Very cumbersome. After you go through this whole rigamorole, if a CS3 user opens the file, it's converted to a CS3 version document.

IMO, it's imperative that all users in an organization be using the same version to create files.

 

by: jbromleyPosted on 2007-09-07 at 06:05:32ID: 19847267

Thanks y'all :)

 

by: thinkwelldesignsPosted on 2007-09-07 at 06:35:43ID: 19847515

Thanks for the grade and points :-)

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