Converting PM to InDesign

[D***@adobeforums.com]

I am trying to open a Windows PageMaker 7 file in InDesignCS. When it gets to the "processing table attributes" it pops up a message saying it has encountered a serious error and must close. I cannot open the file. Any one else have this problem?

[R***@adobeforums.com]

Open the file back up in PM and do a save as to make sure that any junk
in the file is gone. Also make sure you haven't done anything silly like
using edit>inset object to get any graphics in the file.

Bob

[G***@adobeforums.com]

PageMaker

Repairing Damaged Publications

You can do a Diagnostic recompose if you follow these steps:
1. Make sure your computer's sound is turned on, since the results of the diagnostic recompose are indicated by your computer beeping.
2. To play it safe, make a backup copy of the publication and work on the backup copy.
3. Select the Pointer tool and make sure you have nothing on the page selected.
4. Hold the Shift and Ctrl keys and choose Type>Hyphenation. Depending on the status of your publication, when the diagnostic recompose routines are finished, you hear the following number of beeps:

• One Beep: The re-composition was successful and the publication needs no repair.

• Two Beeps: One or more minor problems were repaired.

• Three Beeps:(You can start panicking now!) This means that problems were found and PageMaker couldn’t repair them. There’s a chance you are getting three beeps because you’re low on RAM and PageMaker couldn’t complete the diagnostics due to insufficient memory.

If you get the three beeps. There is one last-ditch thing you can try before you give up all together. Save a copy of the file with a new name. Then make a copy of the copy. Do this four or five times, and then reopen the publication and run the diagnostic recomposition again. It sounds silly, but this technique works often enough to give it a shot before you start making a publication over again from scratch. Because of the way PageMaker saves its documents, when it copies copies of files, it can “forget” to save errors introduced into the bad record index.

Choose File>Save As to save the file with the same or different name to ensure PageMaker rewrites the publication with the changes made during the diagnostic recompose. (Using regular Save doesn’t rewrite the file, it just appends the most recent changes.)