Expert: Candice Anderson - 11/27/2007

Question
I have two computers networked. One has indesign cs3, the other indesign cs2. I moved a page to cs3 computer from cs2 computer to add content and now I can't get the page to open on the cs2 computer. It looks like I cleared out the original page from my cs2 computer. I print a weekly newspaper and have to have the page to print the paper. Can I install the cs3 over the cs2 without lossing all my settings and files.

Answer

To open an InDesign CS3 document in InDesign CS2, you must export the InDesign CS3 document to the InDesign Interchange (INX) format and make sure that the computer running InDesign CS2 is updated with the appropriate plug-ins.


Note: Be aware that content created using features specific to InDesign CS3 might be modified or omitted when you open the document in a InDesign CS2.

  1. Choose File > Export.
  2. From the File Type (Windows) or Formats (Mac OS) menu, choose InDesign Interchange.
  3. Click Save.

You can open the .inx file in InDesign CS2 to convert it to an untitled InDesign document.