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I recently upgraded to CS3 but when I click on .indd files attached to emails, my computer doesn't recognize it as InDesign and instead asks to open it as a PDF. Have you encountered this problem before?
Hi Anna, thanks for the question.
I personally haven't had this problem. When I installed CS3 onto my Mac, it instantly recognized it as an InDesign document and worked fine. I'm not sure what platform you're on, but either way, try this...
On a Mac, click once on a InDesign file to highlight it. Press Cmd-I to open up the Info dialog. Under the "Open with:" tab, choose InDesign CS3 (did it say Acrobat?) and then click on the Change All button. It will give you a warning, choose okay and then try it.
I think there's something similar on a PC under the Properties menu if you right-click on the InDesign file.
Another quick way to open any file on a Mac is to drag it to the application's icon in the dock from the Finder.
Hope this works... good luck!
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