'failed to open the PDF file' error - Indesign CS3 on Mac

[Jared...@adobeforums.com]

Hi,

Whenever I place PDFs that were created by any other app besides indesign or Illustrator I get a 'failed to open the PDF file' error, previously these PDFs were fine to place but all of a sudden they're not... Help?

I'm not too keen on opening in Illustrator and resaving for the rest of the foreseeable future either...

Jared

[Scott Falkner]

Hold Shift when you click OK or turn on import options.

[Jared...@adobeforums.com]

Thanks for that, I had managed to stumble on the solution myself. I don't suppose anybody knows how this came about?

[boblevine]

Thanks for the reminder, Scott.

http://indesignsecrets.com/failed-to-open-pdf-error-show-options-to-fix-it.php

Bob