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matt mcneil

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Mar 9, 2003, 7:31:34 PM3/9/03
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For some reason, I can't open Quark files, it says I'm missing a plug in.

I tried re-installing, but it did not help.

appreciate any advice...
Matt

Steve Werner

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Mar 9, 2003, 8:33:31 PM3/9/03
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What's the exact message?

InDesign can't open QuarkXPress files if you've used third party extensions which are required to open the file. In that case, reopen the XPress file, disable the XTension, and resave the file.

matt mcneil

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Mar 9, 2003, 8:59:52 PM3/9/03
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Exact message:

"Cannot open the file" "[FILENAME.qxd]", Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, or a plug-in that supports the file format may be missing"

I'll ask the person who sent the file to turn off extensions, etc and give that a try...

Thanks!

Ludacris

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Mar 12, 2003, 7:07:12 PM3/12/03
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I'm having the same problem (see Opening Quark files in Indesin 2.0 . . . post).

I actually went in and completely removed all of my extensions, opened the Quark file, re-saved it and then tried opening it in InDesign. Still nothing. Same message of not being able to read file format or needing some plug-in.

Any help would be great for both of us.

Thanks.

CRIS

graffiti

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Mar 12, 2003, 7:17:17 PM3/12/03
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Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, or a plug-in that supports
the file format may be missing"


I've never tried to open one but what is the error message you get when you try and open a Quark 5 file?

Ann Shelbourne

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Mar 12, 2003, 7:24:08 PM3/12/03
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InD 2 can't open QXP5 files because QXP5 was issued after Indesign.

Maybe this is what is causing the problem: re-save the QXP file back to v.4.1.1.

Ann Shelbourne

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Mar 12, 2003, 7:13:01 PM3/12/03
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Removing ALL of your XTensions may have been going a step too far -- it's just the third party ones that need to be removed.

You may also have a conflicting font problem.

Beware of .dfonts.

[I find it ironic that Apple chose to name those damnable fonts : ".dfonts"!]

graffiti

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Mar 13, 2003, 1:43:01 PM3/13/03
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InD 2 can't open QXP5 files because QXP5 was issued after Indesign.


Thanks Ann. That's what I was getting at.

Susan Witt

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Mar 16, 2003, 12:12:29 PM3/16/03
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I have the exact same problem. and I'm totally lost on what to do next. I 've tried everything. I would like to get back to work. I was thinking of creating all my ads from now on in InDesign but it wouldn't work if I couldn't convert my old quark files!

Susan Witt

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Mar 16, 2003, 12:16:50 PM3/16/03
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I get the same error message when opening the quark 5.0 files

Bob Levine

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Mar 16, 2003, 12:51:43 PM3/16/03
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> I get the same error message when opening the quark 5.0 files

You can't open 5.0 files. You'll need to save them back to 4.1.

Bob

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